fetch
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Five years later, seats only would fetch around $1 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The most coveted shoe models, which the company manufactures in limited runs, can fetch three or four times more than their retail value on the resale market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
What U.S. media rights to the 2030 and 2034 World Cup tournaments could fetch, according to some TV and media executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
An album of original bird watercolours by William Weston Young are expected to fetch up to £25,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“But you tell me where to find your mother and I’ll fetch a gnome to send her a message so she doesn’t worry. You need to rest after such a fall.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Thrifted Wilt Chamberlain jacket fetches $89,600 at auction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
By comparison, the S&P 500 index fetches a two-year PEG of 1.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Assuming it fetches $400 million, the mansion tax alone would be $23.8 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
That heavy, sulfurous blend usually fetches a sharp discount to U.S. benchmark prices, but it’s also suddenly more in demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
“No, but I can tell you how much money squid fetches per pound at the dock.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Collectors pay up for rare, vintage products like waffle irons and garden gnomes; a Grateful Dead pan fetched $4,100 in an auction at the Lodge Museum in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
The letters and photographs sold for £48,640 at auction, while the ice axe fetched £38,400.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Palantir, Broadcom, Nvidia, Intel and Alphabet were among nearly 70 U.S.-listed companies that fetched a multiple of at least 10 times trailing revenue at the start of this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
So he’d fetched stamps for Fred Bocarelli from the little shop off the lobby, and he’d helped Elise Hadley do a FaceTime from her iPad, and of course he’d visited with me.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
The price tag some vintage graphic T-shirts were fetching at a recent ThriftCon clothing convention in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Kranti Vishwakarma, 18, spends four or five hours fetching water for her household.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Cogen sold a combined 986,540 indirectly owned shares across five trusts and holding companies that he manages, fetching a total of $106 million.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Palantir, with an even more enthusiastic fan base, was among the 20 most valuable S&P 500 companies at its November peak, fetching a ludicrous 150 times sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
“I answer to the King’s army. I’d be right pleased if you kept fetching the water. Makes my life easier.”
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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