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Recent Examples of scalpers
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.
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Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalpers
Noun
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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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From embracing bootleggers to pulling its catalog from Spotify, Mackenzie explains how the band has tried to protect its creative core while the industry transforms around it.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Sazan became the Tortuga of drug and human traffickers to Italy.—
Marzio G. Mian,
Vanity Fair,
16 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,
11 June 2026
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Many Uyghurs try to escape persecution and tight control in China with the help of professional smugglers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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As federal agents try to close the net on the thousands of violent human smugglers and drug traffickers, the chair of the Maryland Democratic Party signed an executive order banning those agents from staging in many of Anne Arundel County’s parking lots.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
9 June 2026
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Its push into prediction markets linked to events like the World Cup has opened a fresh revenue stream and pulled in highly active traders, softening the blow from slower spot crypto volumes.—
Camila Grigera Naón,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
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As with other futures markets, compute contracts would also draw speculators — traders with no direct need for GPU capacity but a view on where compute prices are headed.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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The comments come as container shipping’s peak season has started two months early as retailers aim to get in front of many of the concerns presented to the industry since the start of the war in Iran in late February.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
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Not all are mandates, but many automakers incentivize retailers through vehicle allocation as well as financial incentives for offering such services and meeting their requirements.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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Eschewing fences and pavement in favor of natural footpaths lined with brambles and shrubs, these slender pathways provide epic sea views while leaving the ancestral homes of other animals intact.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Locks were installed, fences were erected and entrances were boarded up.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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Food and drink concessionaires, professional caterers, HOA clubhouses, event planners — any purveyor that’s not a public restaurant, food truck, flea market stall or food hall vendor — are also excluded from the roundup.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
5 May 2026
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But let’s face it, the food was the main attraction for media folks like me on Tuesday, and park concessionaires served up a lot to sample.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Despite the cool reception from distributors, the pair haven’t given up, and still plan on shopping their movie to either a streamer or theatrical distributor.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
11 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
Cite this Entry
“Scalpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalpers. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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