obtained

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He has filed a separate lawsuit in Greenbrier County, where he lives, arguing that the Rowlings fraudulently obtained confidential financial information during a 2024 visit and should never have been allowed to acquire the debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Investigators obtained camera footage from the shop showing a young man emerging after buying the gun, a Taurus 9 mm pistol, to make a call on his cellphone.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Tehran allowed vessels that followed its rules and obtained prior authorization to transit in mid-May, which led to an uptick in tankers making the crossing.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

They had then been obtained by a retail entrepreneur Kevin Stanford, former majority owner of All Saints, who had been in a separate dispute over investments in the Kaupthing bank.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The two of them had been aboard the Kurosawa, cruising between planets in Sector Seven, when the Scoreboard informed them that Aech had obtained the Jade Key.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline