I got some souvenirs vs I bought some souvenirs

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'I got some souvenirs' is more informal and implies that the souvenirs were obtained in some way, without specifying the method. 'I bought some souvenirs' is more formal and specific, indicating that the souvenirs were purchased.

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I got some souvenirs

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal contexts.

This phrase is used informally to indicate that the speaker obtained some souvenirs, without specifying the method of acquisition.

Examples:

I got some souvenirs from the gift shop.
She got some souvenirs during her trip to Paris.

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I got some souvenirs for the guys.
I got you some Hawking souvenirs.
Bring Edward some souvenirs this time.
Bring us some souvenirs, Dad.
Brought some souvenirs over from your mum's.
Hawkeye: The Watcher's got some souvenirs from Thanos' homeworld.
I need someone who can take care of himself in case Caleb has left some souvenirs.
Julie forgot he told me to take some souvenir pictures when we drove over to Biloxi last year.
They search his place, they'llfind some souvenirs.
You don't think I'd leave Disneyland without some souvenirs, do you?
Well, if there's no movie... then no one would care if I took some souvenirs.
I... I got a couple souvenirs there from prison still.
They fly you in to make sure that these aren't lifted from some souvenir shop in Cairo?
I need to buy an icon, some souvenir, and to find a wife.
Would it be okay if I bought some souvenirs for my kids?
And I got a hat that I want to give you as a souvenir, in honor of your dad...
And I got a hat that I want to give you as a souvenir, in honor of your dad...
The ice-truck killer left me a gruesome souvenir.
A ghetto souvenir from Uncle Szczepek.
Classic serial killer behavior keeping souvenirs.

Alternatives:

I obtained some souvenirs
I acquired some souvenirs

I bought some souvenirs

This phrase is correct and commonly used in formal contexts.

This phrase is used formally to indicate that the speaker purchased some souvenirs.

Examples:

I bought some souvenirs at the airport.
They bought some souvenirs as gifts for their friends.

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Would it be okay if I bought some souvenirs for my kids?
Meeting over, I bought Hammond a local souvenir.
Hey. Check it out. I bought one of those souvenir photos with you and Manny on the ride.
But my dad bought me a little souvenir postcard every city we went to.
I think it is good that traditional communities have been taken into consideration by means of an exemption, and also that consumers or tourists importing products they have bought as souvenirs are to be spared a witch hunt.
I bought some cream for the raspberries.
I bought some stock in your company.
I bought some chocolate ice cream.
I bought some stuff for pancakes.
I bought some of those hangers you like so much.
If the yogurt works, I bought some delightful scented candles.
I bought some nice clothes to meet all your lovely friends in.
I bought some rice cakes because Chako likes them.
I bought some weed off the street.
I bought some stuff for the jeep in Patra.
I bought some stuff off them last year, surveillance gear.
I bought some insurance, if you will.
My tummy hurts, so I bought some plasters.
I bought some of those pills from them.
I bought some tickets from you last September.

Alternatives:

I purchased some souvenirs
I acquired some souvenirs through purchase

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I got some souvenirs vs I bought some souvenirs