purchased

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Paramount purchased Weiss’s news and opinion site the Free Press for $150 million late last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

President Donald Trump, who has purchased shares in Palantir according to government ethics disclosures, praised the company in a social media post in April.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Tarantino operates both the New Beverly Cinema and the Vista, and most recently, Kristen Stewart purchased the Highland Park theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Affleck and Lopez have also had trouble selling the Beverly Hills estate they very publicly purchased together in 2023 for $60.8  million.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

It had originally been purchased by a fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge—its binding bears the college badge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton