fetched

past tense of fetch
as in cost
to have a price of those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques

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Recent Examples of fetched To give that price range context, in 2024, a 1962 Park Ward example of the model sold through RM Sotheby’s for €85,100 (approximately $99,700), and a year before that, another 1960 example—bodied by the same coachbuilder—fetched £196,875 (approximately $265,700) through Gooding & Company. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025 Keep Users Engaged With Stale-While-Revalidate Implement a stale-while-revalidate strategy to deliver cached content immediately while uploaded data is being fetched on the backend. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Rockies right-hander McCade Brown fetched three groundballs to breeze through the first inning, extending the Padres’ scoreless streak to 12 innings after an alarming shutout loss here on Friday. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025 Combine all of that fresh talent with the deepest coaching staff since the Patriots’ last Super Bowl run and the league’s second-easiest schedule … is the postseason really all that far fetched? Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025 Russia’s attempts to quash Chechen independence flare into all-out war, and suddenly Sandu’s school friends are fleeing, troops are rolling through the streets, the electricity is failing and drinking water needs to be fetched from three miles away. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025 Similar pieces listed online have fetched prices in the range of several thousand dollars. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025 Kidston said the alloy body Cal Spider would have likely fetched $25 million to $30 million a few years ago. Robert Frank, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025 The video has been viewed over 2 million times and has fetched nearly 4,000 comments since May. Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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  • New rides like this one can cost $100 million, if not more, to create; incorporate LiDAR laser systems of the kind used on self-driving cars; and rely on robotic figures with thousands of moving parts.
    Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the extent to which Netzer was considered the key man beforehand, but his poor form eventually cost him a place in the West German starting XI, and the side compensated for his absence through discipline and energy rather than flair.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • Canales was brought here to bring a creative offense to town.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Jenkins voted to continue mask mandates in Brevard County schools, even after the DeSantis administration directed districts to lift them, a stance that brought protests outside her home, threats against her family, and national media scrutiny.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Fetched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fetched. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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