purchase
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That purchase quickly turned out to be “the greatest mistake of my life,” Hudson told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Oaktree Capital Management, which agreed in March to purchase a controlling stake in Atlantic Coast Life, declined to comment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ellison and longtime Skydance investor, RedBird Capital Partners, then entered into agreements to assign some of their purchase rights to the sovereign wealth funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
"The delegation will be under travel restrictions and will face prohibitions on the purchase of luxury and other goods per our policy. The delegation is smaller than last year."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Every man and woman in the United States will be asked to purchase war savings stamps,” I set the paper down.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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With 10-year Treasury yields around 5% and mortgage rates near 7%, housing, car purchases and discretionary spending were already cooling, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
These 0% introductory rates are for purchases only.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
A Saint-Gobain spokesman confirmed to the BBC that the company does not store or process MMA like GKN, but rather purchases sheets of polymerised MMA, or acrylic.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The company has raised prices and set strict volume limits on purchases of its house brand oil.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Their purchases are tucked into cute little bags, and she and Heather join me in a sort of floral cloud.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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The 43-year-old set up the Angel City FC women's football club in Los Angeles six years ago after leaving Reddit, and purchased a 10% stake in Women's Super League team Chelsea in 2025.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Thankfully, my parents had purchased long-term-care insurance and had paid premiums for about 12 years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The man was crouched behind a 5-foot-tall gun safe Roebuck had purchased a few weeks earlier.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Students who have already purchased the Den Pass for the 2026-2027 academic year will be reimbursed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A frequent visitor to the Library of Congress, Garfield asked the librarians for book recommendations, which he borrowed or purchased to expand his knowledge of history, philosophy, and other subjects.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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French, German and eurozone provisional purchasing managers’ surveys for September, measuring activity in the manufacturing and services sectors, will be of particular interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Some of Aggrey and Novack’s peers are considering retiring and purchasing additional homes, the couple said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
While it can strengthen the competitiveness of Japanese exporters, "the downside -- declining purchasing power weighing on consumption and investment -- is not sufficiently understood", warned Nakao.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Trade and defence procurement: Canada has been on a "buy European" spree of late, purchasing German attack submarines, for example, and airborne early-warning planes from Sweden's Saab.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The society set about purchasing boards and constructing coffins.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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