scalper

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Noun
  • Ensure wooden fences do not connect directly to the house.
    Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • There’s a heated exchange of words, then the officer grabs the coach by his collar and shoves him against a fence as children shout and adults rush in to stop the fight, which ends in a violent scrum on the turf.
    Mitchell Willetts, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On the flip side, smugglers are incentivized by the hefty payments migrants will make to be escorted across the border, or in this case, to U.S. shores.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The film's brash, documentary-style production perfectly captured Hackman's character, a seething, sadistic NYC cop seeking to bust a ring of heroin smugglers — like Ahab on the hunt for the white whale.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Real McCoy line (named after a famous bootlegger of the 1920s) is distilled at Foursquare is more affordable and easier to find but doesn’t skimp on the quality.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
  • What eliminated the bootleggers wasn’t more prohibition, but legalization, after all.
    The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While few investors are in Musk’s shoes, many retail traders and institutional funds with outsized Tesla positions have experienced significant losses on paper.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The New York Times reported that traders are now expecting around three rate cuts before the end of 2025 via CME FedWatch.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Even with Donovan Mitchell in as a distributor, Tyler continues to dribble at the top of the key while the other four Heat players watch him.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
  • However, the film was unable to secure a distributor in the U.S., and its Best Documentary victory category in the 2025 Academy Awards, marked the first time a documentary had won an Oscar without a distribution company attached.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Food will be provided by Legends Hospitality, co-owned by the Yankees’ parent company, instead of Levy Restaurants, Tropicana Field’s concessionaire since 2018.
    Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In recent years it’s been the concessionaire contracted at Will Rogers State Historic Park, named after Hollywood’s most beloved onscreen cowboy.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The previous four CEOs were not considered merchants or fashion executives, with their expertise largely in non-merchandise areas.
    David Moin, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The panel, which is made of two Baltic oak boards from two different trees, has a merchant or cargo mark on its back that resembles a mark on a portrait of King Edward VI, Jane’s predecessor on the throne.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The auctioneer reports that the most expensive item of rookie memorabilia ever sold was a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card that went for $12.6 million in August 2022.
    Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Payton’s got play names that could make an auctioneer blush.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Scalper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalper. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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