Buy
Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Fail
Fail verb - To stop functioning.
Both words in one sentence
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Various attempts to buy a rare mask off him with Worthless Yellow Rocks fail — and then somebody thinks of trying to pay him with fattening processed foods instead.
Source: Adipose Rex - If you manage to catch up to the train but fail to stop it, you'll be able to buy Ultima (Instead of being given it to you for free), but the Huge Materia will still be lost.
Source: Lost Forever / Role-Playing Game - Future Food Is Artificial: After initial efforts at conventional farming fail, the colony is obligated to buy hydroponic equipment for producing textured algae food.
Source: Literature / Spinneret
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