buy
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"You find bargains, you buy the bargains, you end up with loads of bargains and you're a hoarder," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
In retirement, some people buy an annuity with a lump-sum payment and then collect monthly sums for the rest of their lifespan.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
A painting by one of Britain's leading 20th Century artists must stay in the country in the hope that one of its galleries or institutions will buy it, the government said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Adam Sansiveri, who heads Bernstein Private Wealth Management’s Sports and Entertainment group, said he typically advises athletes to buy a home only after signing their first professional contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Why don’t we all go shopping? You can buy whatever clothes you want.”
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
A retired government employee who now works at Dodger Stadium, Gonzalez buys herself one of Zaggle’s purses for every birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Most of the produce has been donated to him, but he buys Shetland milk and cream from a local shop.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
When CPL buys an item, its system records the retail price; when a patron checks it out, that amount gets added to the running total.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Here’s an extremely simplistic illustration to see how the rent-and-invest versus buy numbers could play out today, using a calculator provided by Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi: A 35-year-old buys a starter home.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
She buys me four new sets of clothes.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
Martin assured him at Saturday's meeting that Doonbeg's 784 residents were "very grateful" for the Trump Organization's investment there after it bought the site in 2014, noting his family were "welcome" there.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
New Zealand's combination of hard toil and sparkling hands then bought them a way back into the game just before half-time.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Boosting the team’s behind-the-scenes infrastructure was one of Mark Walter’s major initiatives when the Dodgers’ owner bought the Lakers in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Maybe this is the piece you were missing when you first bought your annuity.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
He bought a team of big red Missouri mules and a covered wagon.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Also consider buying socks the same style and colour - matching those is still a nightmare for me a decade later.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Valuations, earnings expectations, market concentration, equity issuance, and foreign buying are all flashing warning signs for the AI-fueled stock rally.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Fast forward to summer when I went back to Hong Kong, I found out my parents had also been buying Issey Miyake, so it was interesting to see these subliminal connections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some see buying real estate as a way to build generational wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The loans that were being made to actual human beings only grew crappier, but, bizarrely, the price of insuring them—the price of buying credit default swaps—fell.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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