fetch
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What U.S. media rights to the 2030 and 2034 World Cup tournaments could fetch, according to some TV and media executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Also new to the story is Independence, Kan., itself, which in the book is an offstage place to which Pa will sometimes go to fetch necessities, disappearing from the story until he returns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The vast majority of the items are estimated to fetch just a few hundred pounds each.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
But as the artificial-intelligence hardware trade continues to suck up investor dollars, shares of the data-analytics company have come to fetch a slightly less outrageous multiple.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
In addition to changing the bedsheets and helping Mrs. Caruthers to the bathroom, Ophie was also asked to fetch a newspaper so that the old woman could check the latest scandals plaguing the Harding administration.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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Thrifted Wilt Chamberlain jacket fetches $89,600 at auction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Assuming it fetches $400 million, the mansion tax alone would be $23.8 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
That heavy, sulfurous blend usually fetches a sharp discount to U.S. benchmark prices, but it’s also suddenly more in demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
With inflation soaring, the dollar now fetches about 480 pesos, making his monthly income worth less than $10.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
“No, but I can tell you how much money squid fetches per pound at the dock.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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Kobe Bryant’s sneakers from the game in which he tore his Achilles tendon — and hit two free throws before he left the court — fetched $660,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
And, speaking of holy grails: Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” fetched $32.5 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Palantir, Broadcom, Nvidia, Intel and Alphabet were among nearly 70 U.S.-listed companies that fetched a multiple of at least 10 times trailing revenue at the start of this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He then fetched a lifebuoy and repeatedly threw a line into the water, but none were able to grasp it.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Sadie left again and fetched the Milky Way.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Photos seen by the BBC show a crowd of people, many of them elderly, apparently fetching fresh supplies in a city square.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Through Stacy’s fetching sadness, we come to know that maybe a certain motivational speaker was right.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
Khan’s younger son fell for Durrushehvar’s fetching cousin, and so the two couples wed in Nice in 1931 in an elaborate wedding before taking ship for Hyderabad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
As of Tuesday’s close, it was fetching just 5.5-times its projected earnings for 2026.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
I said incredulously, thinking of the pale, quiet students who worked in the Archives, sorting, scribing, and fetching books.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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