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That is only a select list, meaning the assumption that Bayern will buy up their competition — or buy to prevent a team from becoming their competition — tends never to be too far away.—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 Russian oligarchs were secretly buying up mansions in London and Miami.—Andrew Rice, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2025 According to the marketing director for one of the nation’s largest gun sellers, customers are buying up smaller concealed carry firearms despite a slight drop in overall gun sales recorded by the FBI’s background check system.—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2025 With most of Boca Chica’s homes bought up by SpaceX, the village has been turned into a sprawling compound for hundreds of workers, an entire ecosystem built around the Starbase.—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buy up
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