fetched
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The media mogul purchased a Red Mountain estate in one of the Colorado ski destination’s priciest-ever deals, while a nearby property fetched $37 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Just before the Scotland news conference at their palatial Charlotte base camp, three Norwegian reporters fetched up in search of Scottish retaliatory thunder.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The stock fetched about 8.5 times earnings a year ago.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
All this little more than a month after she fetched in excess of £100,000 at the Hundred auction, becoming one of the highest paid sportswomen in the UK in the process.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
I fetched all the food and water he asked for.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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