sell
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Davis has since backtracked, insisting the claims were bluster and were created by a ghostwriter to sell books.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Something similar could be under way with Japan’s plans to use an emergency Fed loan facility to raise cash to prop up the yen without having to sell its hoard of Treasurys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some of my better local farmers markets sell it in sweet little rounds, but you can also buy it from your local supermarket.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
In a typical week, Stuart Manley, from Barter Books, in Northumberland, would sell two or three thousand books.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I’m going to sell it. To raise money.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Irrigation is another key measure at the vineyard, which makes mostly white Riesling -- Germany's signature wine variety -- as well as some red Spaetburgunder, and sells its produce locally.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Additionally, the company’s cloud business has more than doubled in the past three years as Google sells AI compute to eager enterprise buyers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
He keeps enough of his portfolio in cash to comfortably get himself through that period, and he sells stocks when he needs to replenish his cash pile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Emilie Vanpoperingh, co-founder of Oddbox, a subscription company that sells surplus produce that supermarkets reject, said it is "purely a cosmetic defect" and the plants taste exactly the same.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“But Rukku makes necklaces—like you taught her to—and sells them. Only, we’ve run out of beads. May we borrow some more, if you have some?”
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
Arsenal, meanwhile, have only sold fringe players Leandro Trossard, Jakub Kiwior and Christian Norgaard, while signing first-teamers Bruno Guimaraes and Christos Tzolis, and recruiting last season's loanee Piero Hincapie on a permanent deal.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Fans struggled to secure wheelchair accessible seats, especially after they were sold at astronomical resale values, and couldn’t get clear answers about what accommodations would be available in the stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Long a symbol of German industrial might, the brand dominated the West German market and sold well across Europe in the 1970s thanks to successful and affordable models like the Kadett and the Rekord.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
They became centimillionaires after Poppi was sold to PepsiCo for nearly $2 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
It will never be accurately known how many people were kidnapped via the Middle Passage and sold into slavery.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
The BBC's Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson visited the market, known for selling items like books and posters, as firefighters worked to extinguish hot spots.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Role Models” actor Seann William Scott is selling his longtime Malibu estate after an extensive renovation and listed it for more than four times the price he purchased it for 22 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
As the University of Pennsylvania’s Lee put it, Google is running a different AI strategy than companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, which are primarily developing models and selling tokens to application developers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Dodgers have said Walter has no intention of selling that team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I won’t even think of selling it, Ivan! If you say dacha one more time I’ll scream!”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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