sell
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Governments and coporations sell bonds - essentially an IOU - to raise money for spending and in return they pay interest.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Buyers remain on the sidelines due to high borrowing costs; home sellers in many parts of the U.S. are consequently struggling to sell homes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Plus, Gen Z discovers the premium awards credit card, and Costco will soon sell Medicare plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Rake-thin men, their shorts made many sizes too big by hunger, pick through mountains of trash for food, plastic or anything they might be able to use or sell.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
On the bright side, the new lake was full of fish, but there were no roads, so they couldn’t sell their catches, nor could they store them, because there was no electricity.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
“We want to be that indie band who never sells out,” Otterman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Irrigation is another key measure at the vineyard, which makes mostly white Riesling -- Germany's signature wine variety -- as well as some red Spaetburgunder, and sells its produce locally.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 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
The dweeb so desperately wanted to be a superhero that he launches a war against real ones in order to turn their powers into weapons he then sells to a gullible public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
There’s a clothing shop that, according to its colorful sign, sells “knickknacks and accessories.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Natural-gas company Calpine, which private-equity firm Energy Capital Partners sold to Constellation Energy earlier this year, is set to become the most profitable private-equity deal of all time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
West Ham have sold Mateus Fernandes to Tottenham for £85m and Crysencio Summerville for £60m this summer, but captain Jarrod Bowen has signed a new contract.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
How the act was sold, or missold, mattered.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
She has, however, sold two Samoyeds to Kyle and Kristin Juszczyk, the San Francisco 49ers fullback and sportswear designer, who attended Swift and Kelce’s wedding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
While Mother and I wash and put away the few dishes we haven’t yet sold at the market, we hear a faint knock at the door.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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
"I don't think the Fifa should be ever contemplating selling off a stake in the World Cup," Masters told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
He’s selling his wines to Japan, Europe and the Caribbean, but admitted that it’s hard to replace the Canadian market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
He has also explored selling his stake in the U.K. soccer club Chelsea FC to Clearlake Capital, the majority owner of the London-based football club, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
At first Penelope was taken aback; all she could think of was that man outside Buckingham Palace, selling tickets to the pauper’s food line.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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