as in deposited
to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan
he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt
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The commission found the drop box acceptable as officials properly secured the box to the ground throughout its use and there were no allegations that ballots deposited in the drop box were not properly accounted for and processed on Election Day.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
Perseverance rover surveyed the river valley after finding the sample to better understand the environment where the rocks were deposited and determine how the leopard spots may have formed, Hurowitz said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Others see it as a money grab in which the country is being mortgaged in the name of fighting criminal gangs.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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Masha confesses to an affair with married army officer Vershinin (James Lewis), while Andrey admits to having mortgaged the family home, without his sisters’ consent, to pay his gambling debts.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Pawned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawned. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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