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fetch

[fech] / fɛtʃ /


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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ordered aides to fetch him a globe associated with legendary World War II General Dwight Eisenhower -- and they broke it, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Some look undervalued given their global fan bases, but European soccer teams fetch less for a reason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Prosecution barrister Damian Warburton said the complete atlas had been worth about £50,000 and the map alone could fetch £6,000 on the black market.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Sotheby's now expects it could fetch around £50 million when it goes under the hammer in London this December.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Thank you, sir, thank you; I am going this moment myself; and I think the sooner you go the better. I will fetch your greatcoat and open the garden door for you.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

The average one-carat natural diamond fetches $3,415, about 47% less than it did a decade ago, according to Zimnisky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Solaris, which signed on two additional customers after xAI, fetches an enterprise value that is 10 times forward earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, 19% higher than its oil-field service peer group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Thrifted Wilt Chamberlain jacket fetches $89,600 at auction.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

The stock fetches a 2027 P/E of 23.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

She walks slowly to Ms. Tannenbaum’s desk and fetches a pair of scissors from the pencil cup.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

By the time Welch and Seinfeld sat down in late 1997, “Seinfeld” had already sold its first syndication cycle, which fetched an estimated then-record $500 million in revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Hugging Face fetched a private-market valuation of $4.5 billion back in 2023.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Through a 2023 funding round, Hugging Face fetched a private-market valuation of $4.5 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The company is expected to fetch a valuation well above the $11 billion valuation it fetched in a funding round last year, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

He looked familiar; perhaps he was one of the neighborhood boys who had fetched water at the borehole before dawn.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

At this level, interns aren’t fetching coffee; they are auditioning for full-time jobs with base salaries around $300,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Copper futures are up more than 16% this year, with U.S. prices often fetching a premium—an incentive to move metal to America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Processing tomatoes — those used in products such as canned diced tomatoes and ketchup — are also fetching lower prices than they did a few years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

More than 3.5 million people applied for invitation codes for early access, with some codes fetching thousands of dollars on online resale markets.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Serving men hurried to lengthen the table on the dais, fetching trestles and chairs.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin


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