sell
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A chip nobody else would want secures nothing, because a lender who seizes it has nothing to sell.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Another question that has arisen as Walter’s financial troubles have garnered headlines is whether MLB would conduct its own investigation into Dodgers ownership or pressure the billionaire and his partners to sell the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
But that hasn’t stopped him from using his notoriety to sell merch and pump his $CHUD scamcoin while winking to his online flock.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
“You were gonna buy it for $20. We want to sell it to you for $20. But we’re going to sell it to you in the form of game play.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He must be even hungrier than I was to sell a magic trick for a scoop of grain.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
A woman approached the stall where Vadym and his wife, who sells porcelain, had laid out what they had left, and asked the price of an elegant lamp with a cream-coloured shade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Walmart sells ads that run in its digital channels and stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“We want to be that indie band who never sells out,” Otterman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Additionally, the company’s cloud business has more than doubled in the past three years as Google sells AI compute to eager enterprise buyers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
We hit a dress shop—way too expensive; a top shop—nothing cute there; then we find a place that sells only jeans.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
The San Diego Padres were sold last week for $3.9 billion to José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Don’t miss: ‘I’m running out of time’: I sold my $300,000 rental property at a $75,000 loss.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
There are supplement-testing programmes which batch test products before they are sold to make sure they do not contain any Wada-prohibited substances.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
That has grown over the past few months as I have sold some stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Instead, between February and June of 2007, big Wall Street firms, led by Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, created and sold $50 billion in new CDOs.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Between 200,000 and 400,000 people are estimated to engage in artisanal mining in Colombia, with many families relying on the income from selling the precious metals and stones they find to make ends meet.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But there was less selling pressure than expected.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Cantor plans to serve as a broker to those clients, buying or selling blocks of event contracts and often helping to distribute those holdings to other investors through private negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
A vendor selling savoury pancakes, who did not give his name, said two universities had been established since the facilities were built.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
He also didn’t like the idea of taking the risk of selling a stock short, as the risk was, theoretically, unlimited.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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