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Noun
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Jack and Ozzy joined in, throwing old food over the fence.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
22 July 2025 -
An aggressive hitter, Naylor can get extremely hot, and carry a team with drives to the gap or bombs over the fence.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Humanitarian groups have expressed concern that more migrants aided by smugglers will attempt even riskier routes to evade being apprehended by the Border Patrol.—
Nicol Leon,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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Fans are instead turning to unusual sources - including buying from smugglers.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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Her mother’s parents, the Pattis (her first name is her mother’s maiden name), were immigrant bootleggers; their sewing room had removable floorboards to hide whiskey.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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However, when a bootlegger is seen as simply trying to ride others’ success in a self-serving manner, community support quickly wanes, and job opportunities for the bootlegger can even dry out.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The average trading volume for Kohl's is roughly 8.7 million shares a day, however on July 22, traders were moving as high as 190 million shares of stock.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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Positioning After Earnings: Conversely, following the earnings release, traders can assess the relationship between immediate and medium-term returns to guide their strategy.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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After a nail-biting federal approval process that inspired backlash, Ellison and team have not only secured a legacy distributor, but a trove of content in various stages of production and development.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
26 July 2025
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Following a Fantastic Fest premiere that year, Blair’s film was stalled due to difficulties in securing a distributor.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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Elevate—which is owned by Velocity, the San Francisco 49ers, Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment and concessionaire Levy—will provide strategic and operational consulting as part of lending packages.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2025
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The judges are not provided with the concessionaires' identities.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
3 July 2025
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Whaling merchant James Arnold left a part of his estate to Harvard to support the advancement of agriculture and horticulture, while Olmstead was brought in to design the botanic space.—
Staff Author,
Travel + Leisure,
29 July 2025
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Looking at other mass merchant retailers, Target is advertising folders from 15 cents, notebooks from 35 cents and both classroom storage and pencil pouches from 99 cents.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
The Courier-Journal,
24 July 2025
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About half that time was spent in near silence as auctioneer Max Fawcett, head of Christie’s Geneva jewelry department, coaxed two phone bidders to increase their bids from $8.1 million to the final hammer price of $9.5 million, as seen through Christie’s livestream of the sale.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Barker ranks as one of the art industry’s most prominent and well-respected auctioneers.—
CHOP CHOPPISH SHOP,
Air Mail,
10 May 2025
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“Scalper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalper. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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