buy
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“I think they’re right that there are people out there who want grilled chicken and don’t have a place to buy it,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
The accord calmed tensions after a whirlwind of tariff hikes, and required China to buy US soybeans while suspending export controls on rare earths.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
If you won’t buy them, then when the market falls, don’t call anyone irrational.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Imagine if you could buy a home using cash rather than taking out a mortgage loan.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
“You came to my room to offer to buy me breakfast?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Newly planted vines need about three years before they can be harvested, and the winery tends to sign medium-term deals, three to five years, with the vineyards where it buys grapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
The firm - which was majority owned by a private equity company prior to the sale - buys, sells, leases and repairs aircraft, engines and components.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
But with more money being spent on ad buys than ever before, it’s worth asking: do they make any difference?
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
“If a rescue group buys dogs and needs to place them, I’ll take them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
He buys a tree, ties it up, and secures it to the top of the car.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
The owners have also bought a second, larger winery nearby, and are looking to grow varieties that other vineyards aren’t offering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Lynn Sweet, 64, bought a four-bed cottage and two-bed annexe in Newport in August at auction for £145,000.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Berkshire bought $2.4 billion of stocks during the September quarter and sold some $2.82.8 billion in the same period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
He bought downtown’s Broadway location in 2010 and invested more than $14 million in renovating it, including building out its heavily detailed tiki bar, complete with a vintage speedboat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
I straighten the brim of the new running hat I bought with Dad’s gift certificate, which is not suffocating my scalp, thank goodness, but it does keep riding down my forehead.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
“Rather than sell, you should re-evaluate the whole situation, dig down deep and see if it’s an indication that your thesis for buying the stock is playing out,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
To simplify the process, disciplined investors often follow rules of thumb, which takes some of the emotion out of buying and selling.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
The films of Frank Capra, buying Louisiana, letters from Claude Monet and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Young people and experts say they support the Welsh government's plan to ban children under 16 from buying high-caffeine energy drinks.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
But their strategy of buying cheap tickets to some hoped-for financial drama resonated with him.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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