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In 1892, her parents, Frederick and May Rindge, bought up an unimaginably enormous tract of land — 25 miles of Pacific coastline along Malibu and beyond.—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026 There should be a prohibition against corporations buying up and inflating existing homes.—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 The Wasserman agents have been pitching potentially interested parties in either taking on them and their clients, buying up Wasserman’s music biz or financing the agents purchasing the company from Wasserman himself.—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026 Secondary marketplaces like StubHub buy up tickets and resell them, sometimes without complete information about seat restrictions.—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for buy up