become indebted
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“I have never become indebted to anyone during my time in politics,” Lee said at a news conference last month.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025
He has watched till the sun has gone down, and the streets have become indebted for their illumination solely to the gas lamps.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
But Hugh, on hearing what was proposed, made strong objection: he refused to accept the hospitality of people quite unknown to him; why, with abundant resources of their own, should they become indebted to strangers?
From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George
Abandoned by the Habsburgs, and desirous of escaping from the increasing power of Bern, Fribourg in 1452 finally submitted to the count of Savoy, to whom it had become indebted for vast sums of money.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
When did the world become indebted to you?
From The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself by Younger, Cole
