on the cheap
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Catsimatidis made millions from buying New York real estate on the cheap in the 1970s when the city was in deep economic trouble.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Their business of connecting merchant and consumer banks to facilitate transactions in exchange for a fee could be at risk if AI agents can suddenly perform a similar service on the cheap.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
He said they could stay in his lodge and encouraged Kaye to buy presents from a friend who could get things on the cheap.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
"Let me be clear -– this proposal was an attempt to take BlueScope from its shareholders on the cheap," BlueScope chair Jane McAloon said in a statement released late Wednesday.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
Yo, deal with this, I said in my head, and when I saw nobody was watching I spit a fat loogie on the cheap plastic frame.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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