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sold (for)

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past tense of sell (for)

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to have a price of the house is selling for $200,000

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For most organizations, what agents actually cost matters less than the fact that those costs may be hidden.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The new garage at Terminal B, which cost about $290 million to build, is expected to open next month, a spokesperson said in June.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026

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Launching swarms of small, light interceptors to defend the United States from incoming nuclear missiles may no longer be so far-fetched.

— Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026
Peterson pointed to a Deere tractor from 1992 that fetched $136,000 at a recent retirement auction in Minnesota, the highest value for that model since a record sale of $139,360 in October 2023.

— Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

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