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Contending teams were lining up to potentially acquire Gray, slugging first baseman Willson Contreras or flamethrowing closer Aroldis Chapman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The prophecy states that they’ll acquire the powers of “Break” – to dismantle or undo something – and “Seal” to contain, reconstruct or suppress something.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

The U.S. ride-hailing company agreed to acquire Delivery Hero in a deal that values the target at $14.8 billion, offering 41.50 euros a share in cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The nonprofit Fred Brown Recovery Services was seeking to acquire the five-acre property and turn it into a 106-bed inpatient recovery center for “veterans, the justice-involved, the unhoused, and those with co-occurring conditions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

“I helped the museum acquire it last year. I’m quite proud of that.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

The research expands on decades of work exploring how the brain acquires new abilities.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Individuals can’t request debt relief because the nonprofit acquires bundled debt for thousands of people at once.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

The statement also said the studio and distribution market has “extensive” competition that would probably continue even after Paramount acquires Warner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

And yet invisibility makes that power easier to expand because citizens stop feeling the intrusion even while the state acquires increasingly intimate access to ordinary life.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

I say, therefore, that those dominions, upon being conquered and added to the long-established state of the one who acquires them, are either of the same region and language or they are not.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Robinhood entered the credit-card business in 2023, when it acquired Rao’s credit card startup X1 after rolling out a debit card.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The Lakers also acquired guard Jaden Hardy in a trade with the Washington Wizards, added rookie guard Cameron Carr and signed free agents Kevon Looney and Ziaire Williams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Legend "says that the marambas acquired atas when they arrived in Sumba".

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

In 2023 he was awarded a knighthood in recognition of his campaigning work around acquired brain injury and melanoma - a type of skin cancer.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

These were not peanuts handed out on his recent flight but something acquired years earlier, back when all planes had propellers and pilots wore leather helmets and long, flowing scarves.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The Dodgers added bullpen depth with upside, acquiring right-hander Seth Halvorsen from Colorado.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Buyers have several options for acquiring a home loan: banks, credit unions, mortgage brokers or direct lenders.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

The reports also said Paris had considered acquiring the software.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

“Landmaxxing”—the quest to optimize one’s land holdings by acquiring more acreage—drove the luxury market during the first part of the year, according to a new midyear report from Coldwell Banker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

They were some time acquiring a stove and when they did find what they wanted, a silver-scrolled monster with floriated warming ovens and a front like a nickel-plated tulip garden, they had trouble getting it.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck