scoop
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If that happens, MarketWatch readers will be able to scoop up the stock at bargain levels.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Investors who scoop up shares before a company’s IPO face lockup rules and can’t sell for a period of time, often several months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
That will help you realize things like this faucet doesn’t get hot water or I forgot to put an ice cream scoop in the kitchen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Still, people seem to be rushing to scoop these preorders up, despite the insistence by some that preorders should be avoided given the disastrous launches of games like “Cyberpunk 2077” and “No Man’s Sky.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
“I’m sorry,” I said, mortified as she leaned down to scoop up the scatter of potato peels and marrow bones that had fallen from her sack.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
London City Lionesses have signed two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas on a three-year deal in one of the biggest scoops in women's football history.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
She scoops an unamused cat up in the air and, with the first sign of emotion, says, “I love you.”
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Once they’ve reached their capacity of about 20,000 pounds, a boat hauls everything to the harbor and a crane scoops it out in nets.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
As TV producers jockeyed for scoops and access, prosecutors in the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, in Fort Worth, were faced with another task.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Sophia leaps forward and scoops both of her teacup pets into her arms, giving them a flurry of kisses.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Cheong scooped up around $21,000 worth of SK Hynix shares, using a significant chunk of his savings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
I like scooped ice cream during the day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Microsoft has steadily scooped up specialized, midsized cyber companies over the past decade, while Google made the largest acquisition in its history by purchasing AI cloud and security platform Wiz earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
At nine, I was impressed with my father’s athleticism as he scooped up my little brother during the pyrotechnics, as well as the colorful chaos itself.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Duane scooped all of it into the silver bowl.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
The push into advertising began as OpenAI rival Anthropic started gaining ground, scooping up enterprise customers and launching new models that delivered strong performance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
But he wasn’t ready to toss his $30 scooping contraption quite yet, so he used his 3-D printer to create a custom replacement part.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
She remembers scooping up what remained of her artwork and watching it sift through her fingers, the porcelain broken and changed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Videos from the response on Saturday show helicopters scooping up large quantities of water before dropping it on affected areas.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
He liked to watch as the birds swooped back and forth, scooping up crickets and dropping them into the gaping mouths of their chicks.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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