variants
or black marketeers
as in smugglers
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Chow Yun-fat stars as a steely, toothpick-chewing detective who seeks vengeance after gun smugglers kill his partner.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026 -
These smugglers charge thousands of euros a person and often force their passengers into prostitution or other forms of black market labor by withholding their documents to pay off the debt.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Moore is a freshman member of the conservative Freedom Caucus and a loyal Trump supporter, while Hudson served as a Sherriff’s deputy after leaving the military and now heads a nonprofit training law enforcement on targeting human traffickers.—
Joseph Nepomuceno,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2026
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Working primarily in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), Reeves tracked down murderers, thieves, bootleggers and other outlaws across a vast and often dangerous frontier.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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Stock car racing's origins trace back to the Prohibition era when bootleggers raced modified cars.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
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With oil prices remaining elevated due to the war in Iran, retailers had already sought to get in front of monthly bunker adjustments set by ocean carriers for June 1 and July 1.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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Starlink kits are also sold by retailers.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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Sheriff’s deputies checked that the facility’s fences were intact and secured the perimeter of the prison, which is one of two private prisons in Colorado run by CoreCivic.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
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Inspect fences and perform any repairs or maintenance, such as reinforcing posts or replacing rotted sections.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Netflix leads all distributors with 35 total nominations across film and television, while Neon secured an impressive 21 film nominations despite being a smaller distributor.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
11 Jan. 2026
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The new merchants are expected to be lively additions to downtown San Ramon, according to Sunset Development.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
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Visa and OpenAI did not disclose the financial terms of the collaboration and did not give details on the fees that merchants or customers would have to pay.—
Barbara Ortutay,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Sep. 2025
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