See forebuy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1943, Message of the East - Volumes 32-33 - Page 55",
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"text": "1979, Pasture and politics: economics, conflict, and ritual among Shahsevan nomads of northwestern Iran\n... buyers visit the camps soon after the shearing in good time to ensure that their forebought wool does not get into other hands."
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"ref": "2015, Willpower: The Willpower Instinct",
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