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There will not be any dynamic pricing in this sale, but prices are likely to be considerably higher if fans try to buy off Fifa's resale site following this phase.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2025

Is this a reasonable amount, or just enough to buy off the powerful bike lobby?

From Seattle Times May 15, 2024

Pecker testified—as Cohen will—that Pecker, Trump, and Cohen agreed in late 2015 to buy off and kill salacious stories that could damage Trump’s campaign.

From Slate May 8, 2024

Nothing you buy off the rack is going to be perfect.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

“And you have no money to hire some loyal technicians, or buy off some of theirs?”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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