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[bahy] / baɪ /






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Meta’s plan to buy Singapore-headquartered Manus, reportedly for more than $2 billion, was blocked by Chinese regulators.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

The buy would also add Arc’s natural-gas reserves, which would support Shell’s liquefied natural gas production in Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Spain's industry and tourism minister has advised people to buy flights sooner rather than later to avoid potentially costlier airfares due to the war.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

It is whether the system gives them permission to buy them.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

They stayed to themselves, kept on sharecropping, and saving every dollar they could; hoping that someday they could buy a farm of their own.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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