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or black marketeers
as in smugglers
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Noun
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Nicolas Niarchos, checking a piece by Ben Taub, called up one of the most powerful smugglers in the Sahel, who cheerfully confirmed every detail, including his trafficking of humans.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025 -
The island chain is along routes that smugglers use to import cocaine, marijuana and other narcotics into the United States.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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Outsider is about a man (Pellegrino) whose wife is taken by human traffickers while vacationing with her in another country.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Officials say the group, with about 4,500 sailors and Marines, is capable not only of stopping traffickers at sea but also of projecting ground forces ashore if ordered.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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No real effort is made to stop audio bootleggers, and pristine tapes of these shows have emerged, but the video documentation is scattershot and borderline unwatchable since the rule-breakers are often miles from the stage and forced to film at covert angles.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Sharon Stone co-stars as a mob boss with a few screws loose — her gang of bootleggers toggles with Hutch, threatening to ruin everyone’s R&R.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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With second-quarter earnings in the rearview, American brands and retailers have now had a moment to take stock of the impact of ever-shifting tariff policies on their balance sheets and bottom lines.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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The tariff situation is weighing heavily on the strategies of fashion companies this fall, along with sourcing diversification, price hikes, receiving timely payments from retailers, and direct-to-consumer growth.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Barriers have been set up even further, while some fences for traffic were painted in rainbow colors to make the controls feel more festive.—
Eunice Yoon,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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Imagine rolling through the coolest zoo ever if zoos had no fences.—
The Editors,
Outside,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Working with Shopify allows ESW to deliver a strong global e-commerce solution to enterprise merchants, Eichmann said.—
Sharon Edelson,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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While education is key, McCall believes that responsibility should also extend to merchants.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Classic car dealers and auctioneers blame global uncertainty, with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, along with weakness in China.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Palantir was working with federal prosecutors and the SEC to catch insider traders by finding unusual patterns in trading data that humans missed.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The yield on the 10-year Treasury note sank to a five-month low after the release as traders priced in multiple interest rate cuts before year-end.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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