sell
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Their fervor is showing up in frenzied trading of options, or contracts that allow holders to buy or sell a stock at a set price, by a certain date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
What if your sister decided to sell the house?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
With the biggest whoppers selling for upwards of £15 a piece, a fun family day out pushing wheelbarrows full of pumpkins can become costly, yet some attractions sell out quickly.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
To ease concerns about the deal, the companies offered to sell hundreds of stores to grocery distributor C&S Wholesale Grocers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
“You think that I’ve never had pizza? Or worn T-shirts before? They sell them both on the Sands of Asase. I get them delivered through AsamandoEats!”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
"It's usually what people are seeing on TV that sells well. Some years ago it was boiler suits from Squid Game, everyone wanted that," he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Christy orchestrates the elaborate stagecraft that sells the illusion of a bustling organization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Facebook owner Meta sells Ray-Ban and Oakley smartglasses in partnership with European eyewear group EssilorLuxottica.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Yancoal's Hunter Valley mine expansion was approved by NSW with the condition it only sells coal to nations that have signed the Paris Agreement.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
It changed owners a few years ago and now sells all kinds of arty things: pots, plates, clay animals.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
Jordan’s Game 3 white home jersey was auctioned in September for $12.26 million and his Game 1 red road jersey was sold at auction for $10.09 million in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Affiliated holdings can refer to money lent to connected companies or investments sold by them but backed by other borrowers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
But as in a two-for-one, if you can be sold on the myth that AI is superhuman, it travels along with the idea that regular humans are disposable.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Since displaying one of her first portraits at the Royal Academy Summer Show in 2021, she has sold paintings for thousands of pounds and raised more than £45,000 for charitable causes.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“That’s why. I came close to losing everything I had that summer. From the day that professor got here until the day he left, I never sold as much as a can of snuff.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
However, the interest rate backdrop remains challenging and leaves the precious metal vulnerable to renewed selling pressure, the regional director says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 222,000 copies in its first week, and produced three of the band’s defining songs: “Aerials,” “Toxicity,” and “Chop Suey!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The difference between those two figures is a hefty $37.7 million, although that does not account for the money spent completing the residence, subsequent improvements, carrying costs, or selling expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Fiat has been selling a retro-styled Fiat 500 for the past two decades.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Merchants loitered outside the walls, selling the daily necessities.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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