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Behind the scenes, the corporations wishing to buy up the lands made available wanted them for clear-cutting forested areas, strip mining, and unchecked oil drilling and pipelines.—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025 Patent trolls don’t manufacture or innovate, but buy up broad patent packages and use them to sue companies across all sectors of the American economy.—John L. Mica, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2025 At what point does Manassas find out that Mickey Mouse is buying up their land?—Peter Balonon-Rosen, Vox, 4 July 2025 This world is competitive: OnlyFans models have turned to inventive marketing methods like buying up billboard space across the country to promote their accounts or going on rage-bait podcasts in the hopes that a clip featuring their face might go viral.—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for buy up
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