procure

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To procure such drones, "the organisation employs foreign operatives who covertly purchase components in Europe and export them to Lebanon", prosecutors said.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

US-Nigerian cooperation going forward will involve "the whole gamut of intel sharing, sharing... tactics, techniques, and procedures, as well as enabling them to procure more equipment," Brennan said.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

To make the fakes, sanctioned North Korean companies must procure raw tobacco from around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

A Pentagon program called Drone Dominance aims to spend $1.1 billion on U.S. dronemakers to procure hundreds of thousands of the systems by 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

“I am not a thief, boy! I am not trying to procure treasures to which I have no right!”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling