bought

Example Sentences

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Jon bought an old Grand Banks fishing boat in Brighton in 2024, bringing it to Conwy on the back of a truck.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

From there, we leapfrogged to Venice, then Marina del Rey and finally to Mar Vista, where we bought our second home and planted ourselves like people who understood picket fences.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“I bought my house for $260,000, and Zillow tells me now my house is worth like $460,000.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Instead, it deducts it little by little over the projected useful life of the stuff being bought.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Getting Momma Bear’s attention had bought George a precious few seconds of not being attacked, but Owen didn’t know what to do next.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz