buy
Example Sentences
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Will she lose her health insurance if I buy her a house?
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Consumer groups have urged customers of energy supplier Ovo not to panic after rival E.On announced plans to buy the company.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
The firm said Monday it was set to buy publicly traded Emerald Holding EEX -4.79%decrease; red down pointing triangle and privately held Questex, with plans to combine the two companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
“Distributors in other countries are asking to buy documentaries and I asked them why. They said, ‘If I understand your culture better and who you are, then I’ll buy your films,’” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
We sat on the edge of Willem’s bed gulping down the precious bun; I suspected that to buy it Willem had had to go without lunch.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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