beholden
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The military said it refused to be beholden to a corporation and pushed back, labeling Anthropic a threat akin to an enemy foreign power and blocking it from some government contracts.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
"Because I feel like if I've met someone and you have some sort of relationship with them, then you feel beholden in a way," he said, adding it creates a "different level of responsibility".
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Writers are beholden to truth rather than any particular narrative form, and the deconstructive and interior turns in fiction have yielded great works.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
“Bread of Angels” is her story, and in choosing to write this book, she was only beholden to her own muses.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025
When Lourdes finally danced with her nephew, she felt beholden to the congas, to a powerful longing to dance.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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