Both Uses of
procure
in
Three Cups of Tea
- Every moment of every day had been filled with tasks, from packing and sorting sacks of flour and freeze-dried food, to procuring permits and arranging plane tickets, to hiring porters and mules.
Chpt 6 *procuring = getting by special effort
- Over tea, and six slices of toasted white bread that Changazi served proudly with a fresh jar of Austrian lingonberry jam that he had mysteriously procured, Mortenson came to understand that a bout of tug-of-war had begun.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(procure) get by special effort