spree
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To amp up its buying spree, the company started selling stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
It was the same message board that helped launch the 2021 retail buying spree in shares of GameStop, another unloved consumer company that had been counted out—and heavily shorted—by Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Nottingham Forest do not plan another near-£200m spending spree like last season but are looking to add.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
RBC Capital Markets analyst Rishi Jaluria told MarketWatch last week that Salesforce will have a “lot to integrate” following its M&A spree.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
It was part of a buying spree I had with some of my scholarship money when I heard I was one of the lucky ones going to New York.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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That doesn’t sound like a recipe for shopping sprees and splashy vacations, but so far that’s what plenty of Americans are doing, according to commentary from retailers and consumer companies across the spectrum.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Buying sprees of outlets led to owners who became highly leveraged and less able to invest in programming, which put the squeeze on suppliers such as CBS News Radio.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Now, some companies say their hiring sprees went too far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
A Nigerian oil minister went on "extravagant and excessive" spending sprees at high-end London stores with money from bribes by industry insiders, a London court has heard.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
When the military tribunal began on July 8, 1942, the prisoners changed into the new clothes that they purchased on their shopping sprees.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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