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Recent Examples of costermongerCroft was said to have taken his fashion inspiration from costermongers, who were roving traders selling fruit, vegetables, fish and produce on the streets of east London, a working-class area that developed its own distinct accent and vocabulary riddled with rhyming slang, known as Cockney.—Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
When a fire tore through Kantamanto that January, devouring eight acres, or nearly 60 percent of the market’s retail-facing side, the community of 30,000 retailers, traders and vendors all but lost hope in a business model that was already buckling under fashion’s ever-quickening pace.
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Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
JPMorgan's traders are getting nervous about the state of the current stock market.
The Pentagon’s Joint Task Force Southern Border, activated in March of last year, is using autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessels, or USVs, to patrol vast stretches of the Rio Grande to deter drug smugglers.
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Zita Ballinger Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2026
As Danny and Lena squared off against thieves, smugglers, and serial killers, Boston Blue also explored the tangled branches of the Silver family tree.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
Running in a distant third was Democrat Josh Coyne, a former City Hall staffer who now helps lead a merchant organization called the Downtown San Diego Partnership.
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
Wilson was most often seen behind his fence (with his face mostly obscured), offering moral guidance and wisdom to Tim and the rest of the Taylor family.
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Joe Otterson,
Variety,
12 June 2026
The drive that just cleared the center field fence was his 15th homer of the season.
There is, however, still a gap between buyer and seller expectations, but the global bid-ask spread has narrowed significantly since the market bottom in 2023.
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Diana Olick,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
With sellers holding out for pre-rate-hike valuations and buyers unwilling to pay them, deal flow essentially froze.
These six cities stand out for street food vendors who make vegetarian and vegan eating easy, affordable and genuinely delicious.
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Lauren Schuster,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2026
The car, according to the listing, was maintained by Jaguar's Kensington branch in the 90s and then sold in February 1997 to a private vendor, just six months before Diana's death in a Paris car crash.