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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
That day, six medium-sized speedboats, belonging to drug traffickers or smugglers, had sought refuge from a storm among the breakwaters and docks of the port.
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Óscar Martínez,
The Dial,
30 Apr. 2026
Police operations led to the arrest of 480 smugglers last year, the French Interior Ministry said.
Outside the realm of dedicated wine investment companies such as Winecap, specialty wine merchants are cautious when advising clients on the investment potential of their purchases.
That includes face-value pricing for games, where the more enticing games are more expensive, and FIFA’s official secondary market, which takes a 15% fee from the seller and a 15% fee on the buyer.
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Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2026
The expansion will also enable more than 16,000 farmers to take their produce directly to customers through sellers on the online marketplace.
Atrium Health is notifying several thousand Charlotte-area patients about a data breach involving third-party vendor Cerner Health, with roughly 4,035 North Carolinians affected and exposed information potentially including names, medical records and Social Security numbers.
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Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2026
Attendees will find a health expo with local wellness vendors before the walk and join in a colorful opening ceremony.