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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
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Stock car racing's origins trace back to the Prohibition era when bootleggers raced modified cars.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
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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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On the one hand, traffickers are helping fuel the violent crime that conservatives decry; on the other, prosecution of gun laws brushes against tenets that conservatives hold sacrosanct.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
1 June 2026
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One is that traffickers will travel to host cities to abduct or exploit unknown victims.—
Jennifer E. O'Brien,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
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As Danny and Lena squared off against thieves, smugglers, and serial killers, Boston Blue also explored the tangled branches of the Silver family tree.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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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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At the time, traders on the prediction market site Kalshi were placing millions of dollars worth of bets on who would attend.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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On the economic front, traders will also watch for the ADP private payrolls report for May, as well as April’s final durable goods and factory orders on Wednesday morning.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Credit card companies and financial institutions currently charge retailers a fee when consumers use cards — based on the total transaction, including goods, taxes and tips.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Last week denim retailers published their results for Q1.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
2 June 2026
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The plan is to invest in building and equipment upgrades like fences, bulletproof glass and video recording systems as well as fund more safety officers and their training, according to budget documents.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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Police try to hold the line as protesters push the fences outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark on Saturday, May 30, 2026.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
31 May 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,
2 Apr. 2026
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Each year, the Padres bring in new food and beverage concessionaires, existing concessionaires roll out new dishes, and its in-house hospitality and retail partner Delaware North rolls out multiple new items.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 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
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“Scalpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalpers. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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