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Clearly only on the qualification that Habba — a small-time lawyer who formerly served as general counsel for a parking garage company — was her sycophantic defense of the president during his criminal imbroglios.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 May 2025
Jurors on Thursday spared the life of a man convicted last month of the brash murder of a small-time drug dealer over a decade ago, deliberating for just over an hour and extending a growing streak of distaste by Miami-Dade jurors of sending defendants to death row.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Marty, a small-time crook, is facing a second stint in prison and living in his childhood basement.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 1 May 2025
By 1911, their vines may have recovered, but the gap between the big firms and the small-time producers seemed wider than ever—not to mention the roiling resentment felt over the fraudulent products flooding the market.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Apr. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 May 2025
Jurors on Thursday spared the life of a man convicted last month of the brash murder of a small-time drug dealer over a decade ago, deliberating for just over an hour and extending a growing streak of distaste by Miami-Dade jurors of sending defendants to death row.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Marty, a small-time crook, is facing a second stint in prison and living in his childhood basement.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 1 May 2025
By 1911, their vines may have recovered, but the gap between the big firms and the small-time producers seemed wider than ever—not to mention the roiling resentment felt over the fraudulent products flooding the market.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Small-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small-time. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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