fetch
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The new specimen, known as Gus, has already been valued at $30m but it could fetch more, possibly even becoming the most expensive dinosaur ever sold.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Also new to the story is Independence, Kan., itself, which in the book is an offstage place to which Pa will sometimes go to fetch necessities, disappearing from the story until he returns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The CEO transition this year sparked a new analysis and a quick decision that ESPN, FX and ABC are worth more to Disney’s digital ambitions than they would fetch on the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
But as the artificial-intelligence hardware trade continues to suck up investor dollars, shares of the data-analytics company have come to fetch a slightly less outrageous multiple.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Thank you, sir, thank you; I am going this moment myself; and I think the sooner you go the better. I will fetch your greatcoat and open the garden door for you.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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It fetches the same single-digit forward P/E multiple as Turkey, Brazil or South Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
With inflation soaring, the dollar now fetches about 480 pesos, making his monthly income worth less than $10.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
Smaller homes can be found in the $800,000 range, but anything with a view fetches well over $1 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
The S&P 500 fetches 22.3 times estimated earnings for the coming year.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
When he hears that I can play the piano he fetches his violin and plays.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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And, speaking of holy grails: Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” fetched $32.5 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Kobe Bryant’s sneakers from the game in which he tore his Achilles tendon — and hit two free throws before he left the court — fetched $660,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
A U.S. barrel fetched $84.88 Friday, driven lower again by reports that the U.S. and Iran were closer than ever to a peace deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Just before the Scotland news conference at their palatial Charlotte base camp, three Norwegian reporters fetched up in search of Scottish retaliatory thunder.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Later, it was the vaccine of the Reverend Hall, fetched from the mainland, that guarded the rest of the Ojibwa who had been exposed and who survived the smallpox of 1847.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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As of Monday’s close, the stock was fetching 56-times expected sales for 2026.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Photos seen by the BBC show a crowd of people, many of them elderly, apparently fetching fresh supplies in a city square.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Through Stacy’s fetching sadness, we come to know that maybe a certain motivational speaker was right.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
Khan’s younger son fell for Durrushehvar’s fetching cousin, and so the two couples wed in Nice in 1931 in an elaborate wedding before taking ship for Hyderabad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
But after three hundred thirty-seven days I’m sick of fetching packages.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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