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variants or buy the farm

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as in die

to stop living After years of ignoring his health problems, the old man finally bought it.

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Recent Examples of buy it But speculators on prediction market platform Kalshi are not buying it, pricing in an 87% chance that the average gas prices will stay above $4 per gallon heading into the elections in November. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 In 1964, Elvis Presley bought it as a publicity stunt to donate to charity. — John Ramos, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Through Kardashian’s first-look deal at 20th Television, Bachelorette Weekend was pitched to sibling Hulu, which bought it preemptively. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 And there’s an entire institutional market built around buying it. — Rob Haynie, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for buy it

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