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sell (for)

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as in to cost

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

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Before the war, a room at the hotel had cost the equivalent of five euros a night.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The boxes allegedly cost substantially less to produce, allowing the conspirators to use the inflated prices to finance bribes and divert government funds.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

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