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One cannot simply look up a price quote for an idiosyncratic loan for which there is no secondary market.

From MarketWatch

Mustaine looks up and smiles, then concludes, “You know, man, I was No. 2 so long, I forgot there was a No. 1.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Honestly, I didn't have many people to look up to," she explained.

From Barron's

Earlier this month, Punch's situation began looking up when zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo, near Tokyo, posted that he was gradually integrating with a troop of monkeys -- "playfully poking others and getting scolded".

From Barron's

“I always imagined, like, me doing like a spiral and looking up being like ‘I’m at the Olympics,’” Glenn said with optimism in her voice.

From Los Angeles Times