parking ticket
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“You get a parking ticket, they want their pound of flesh.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Never mind that the issue at the center of the David-versus-Goliath fight was a parking ticket that he could afford to pay.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
What they likely didn’t count on: getting a parking ticket from their employer because their car wasn’t made by Stellantis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
I understand that it can make you feel better to make your own coffee after a $150 parking ticket to offset the price and, just as importantly, make yourself feel better.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025
A small brown bear waddled through the heart of town stirring up parking ticket flakes, but nothing else: the Doberman Brutus in the Pilar Cafe was much too tired to bark.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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