buy

Example Sentences

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His parents, he recalled, struggled to buy him a baseball glove.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The department also signalled that it is pausing plans to buy more warehouses like the one in Social Circle - though the fate of facilities it already has spent millions on remains unclear.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

At the end of the 20th century, governments and car firms encouraged drivers to buy diesel-engine cars.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Sax argues, “That desire fits this very base desire as humans, which is to touch things, to interact with things, to buy things, to do actual things outside of our screens.”

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

“But if I don’t go to work, how will I pay for our toffees this weekend? I want to buy the big tin.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin