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The 76ers management countered with “We Owe You One”—a motto that clung to the team like body odor for the next five seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

In case it wasn’t clear, dire second-act number “I Owe it All” lays out the show’s inspirations: Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Erle Stanley Gardner.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

As he put it in a recent book, “What We Owe the Future,” the idea is that “positively influencing the future is a key moral imperative of our time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

But his latest book, “What We Owe the Future,” became a best seller after it was published in August.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2022

Owe rhymes with low, we learned, for a reason.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz