impulse buying
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The location was found by Coles on a house buying website, and the sellers agreed to allow the photoshoot to take place.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
A bad credit report often means difficulty renting a house, buying a car, or securing a loan.
From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2023
I’ve also considered selling our house, buying a bigger but more affordable condo, and asking my in-laws if they would help finance flipping a house or two and sharing the profits.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2022
“You come from no money for food, nothing, to where you’re buying a house, buying a car,” he said.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2017
They stand forth out of affairs, out of commerce, shops, work, farms, clothes, the house, buying, selling, eating, drinking, suffering, dying.
From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt
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