buy
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Corrections departments may buy them from compounders, or even each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Meta sunk $14.3 billion into Scale AI, in order to buy Wang into its ecosystem and spearhead its artificial intelligence lab.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
More than 85% of people going to concerts buy two or more tickets, according to TicketData.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Another, who estimated she had given £40,000 to NOS over seven years, recalled the "manipulative" Brain persuading her to skip her brother's wedding in South Africa and buy van for the community instead.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
I’m saying that my dad promised to buy me a pair like them.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
California no longer burns or buys electricity generated by coal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
He explained a growing circular investment, in which private-equity firms buy a private-credit unit and then buy an insurer, which in turn buys the loans from the affiliated private-credit company.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
For anyone who buys the AI spiel, it’s a tool with boundless power.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Simon Williams, RAC's head of policy, said the diesel record "spells pain not only at the pumps for drivers, but for everyone who buys goods or services that rely on diesel lorries and vans".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
He buys and sells cars in a small way.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
But Hospira, a manufacturer later bought by Pfizer, halted production of that drug due to raw material issues in 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Private investment company ADUG, owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, bought City in 2008 and has transformed the club from also-rans into a dominant force.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
But “that’s a conversation nobody wants to have because falling prices are great for buyers and absolutely terrifying for people who bought at the top,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
“I bought this little house and the kids were born here. So it’s been kind of a dream to be here long enough to see that happen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
I reach for the embroidered coin purse I bought in Madrid two summers ago.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The case for buying the shares today is murkier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
In other words, buying cute and approachable products can make people feel good.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
I was hoping that Stan Kroenke buying the Angels meant that the Angels would start looking more like the Rams, not that the Rams would start looking more like the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Adam Auriemma on budgeting, renting versus buying, investments, financial advisors, and more!
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
At length the moment had come: The last buyer of subprime mortgage risk had stopped buying.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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