fetch
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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
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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
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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
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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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