Recent Examples on the WebMartinez is charged with two murders, the first occurring the night of Jan. 19, 2017, when three armed men tried to rob a small-time drug dealer named Robert Rios outside his uncle’s house in Placentia.—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024 Andor may feel smaller than most other Star Wars titles by focusing on fringe planets and small-time Imperial bureaucrats rather than Grand Moffs and Jedi.—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 4 June 2024 Instead, she’s been making comparatively small-time appearances for pageant sponsors like Supermodels Unlimited.—Constance Grady, Vox, 16 May 2024 The Good Cause Eviction measures would prohibit most landlords, excluding small-time landlords who own fewer than four units, from initiating eviction proceedings against a tenant absent one of seven specific reasons.—Morenike Fajana, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for small-time
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