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The rest were bought up as dachas.

All copies of that edition of the magazine were bought up by unknown individuals.

They were bought up by one company then another, and now collectively they're worth nothing".

Floodplains surrounding the city were bought up and converted to parks with boating lakes acting as overspill areas.

Fewer films were being made as the independents were bought up, and the studio bosses decided to "shrink their inventory".

But unlike the American financial institutions that were bought up or declared bankruptcy this week, Russia has plenty of capital.

His announcement came amid perceived resentment that wealthy foreigners were buying up the town.

Men were buying up multiples of the same items once they found what they liked.

"Everything's been bought up," he said.

"All the best names are bought up".

We're all positioning ourselves to be bought up".