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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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Groucho Marx stars as the new president of Huxley College, who attempts to sign on two pro players to help beat rival Darwin University but ends up getting a pair of bootleggers instead.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Kentucky's vast wilderness and mountainous regions served as hideaways for bootleggers, Rein said, while the government used paid informants to sniff them out.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Venezuela said none of those on board were drug traffickers.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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While Colombian criminal groups have used the country as a transit point in the past, Venezuela isn’t the preferred route for the region’s drug traffickers.—
Daniel DePetris,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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These migrants — some whole families, one teenager traveling alone, many young men, a mother with her three young children — had started their journey in Libya, paying smugglers thousands of dollars for this chance to reach Europe.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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The smugglers reportedly received £300 per iPhone.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Traditionally a safe haven, gold’s outperformance at a time when stocks are also at all-time highs has some traders nervous other forces are at play.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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According to them, managers and traders at Deutsche Bank were also evaluated and compensated largely on short-term profit and annual ROE metrics.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2024, joining several other national retailers in filing for bankruptcy and closing stores, including Joann Fabrics, Macy's, Kohl's and JCPenney.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
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The pull-forward from retailers will really start to see effects starting in September.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Surveillance footage reportedly showed young girls hopping fences in what appeared to be attempts to escape.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Guard members have also been tasked with beautification efforts, like collecting trash, spreading mulch and painting fences.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The rent the two master concessionaires will be paying the airport is structured as percentage rent — more specifically, 10% of food sales, 12% for alcohol and 18% for any retail merchandise.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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Food is everywhere at the Wilson County – Tennessee State Fair with more than 100 concessionaires, contests and extras that encourage guests to come with an appetite.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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Tuesday was filled with intensive coaching and mentorship sessions with Walmart and Sam's Club merchants, sourcing experts and past Open Call alumni about scaling up production, improving packaging, and strengthening their financial and operational readiness.—
Serenah McKay,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
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In 1494, for example, mathematician and ‘father of modern accounting’ Luca Pacioli wrote of Venetian merchants willfully rendering their ledgers illegible.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Scalpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalpers. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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