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Recent Examples of scalper
Expect to see some scalper prices drop Tuesday as the concert’s start time approaches.
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026
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
Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalper
Noun
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The short right-field fence was Santa Margarita’s favorite target, with six home runs going there.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Inside the property, police found three bullet holes in a wooden fence covered by tall hedges.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Decades of fighting among the Colombian government, left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, and narco-traffickers made some areas so dangerous, few people could go there, preserving the birds' habitat.—
Andy Court,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Throughout his questioning, Corrales repeatedly invoked the experiences of other Latin American countries, describing Moïse as a dictator who was close to drug traffickers.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The reductions, which reduced the number of entomologists, have emboldened ant smugglers, Wired reported.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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That case charged a handful of Florida defendants with stealing more than 600 outboard boat engines and vessels from the Tampa area and shipping them to the migrant smugglers in the Quintana Roo area.—
Jay Weaver
May 14,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Alphabet, increasingly seen by traders as an artificial intelligence winner, briefly topped Nvidia's market cap in extended trading last week.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
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Retail traders have caught on and piled into the rally at the highest level in a year that same week, per JPMorgan.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Even the underground tunnels bootleggers used to service the Green Mill during its speakeasy days are still in place.—
Meena Thiruvengadam,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2026
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His father was a factory worker and a barber, as well as a bootlegger and loan shark.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Just one year after a women's fencer was disqualified and punished for refusing to face a transgender opponent, a transgender competitor was forbidden from competition at the very same event.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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This is Jabeur's first child with Kamoun, a fitness trainer and former professional fencer.—
Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But the retailer’s board on Monday pulled back the curtain a little more on its long engagement with Blundy, who once tried to buy the business.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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Howard Lutnick questioned by House Oversight panel For retailers such as REI and VF Corp — whose brands include The North Face and Timberland — that means more customers coming to their stores to buy camping gear, helmets or hiking boots.—
Garrett Downs,Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
11 May 2026
Noun
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The secondhand online reseller also tapped celebrity stylist Harry Lambert to give insights into the season from his work across the worlds of music and red carpet styling.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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With the first round of the 2026 PGA Championship getting underway today at Aronimink Golf Club, reseller websites are asking a pretty penny for a parking spot.—
Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scalper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalper. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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