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“If additional funds are made available to State, we will work to obligate them consistent with legal requirements and Administration priorities.”

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

The SEC’s order dismissed those remarks as “casual comments” that don’t obligate the commission to recognize a person as a whistleblower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

The risk: Intel builds upon its extraordinary gains and keeps rising, which would obligate investors to sell the stock, or to manage the short call to avoid assignment.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

Brennan & Rogers, a Maine-based law firm, says those laws obligate adult children to provide necessities such as food, clothing, housing and medical care for their parents who can’t afford to take care of themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026

Mrs. Harrington's idea is, and I think rightly, that a conscientious woman would feel the marriage tie, however nominal, a bond that would obligate her to a certain duty toward her husband.

From The Rose-Garden Husband by Margaret Widdemer

No law obligates these companies to report the full scope of their water use, both direct and indirect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

The “covered call” strategy lowers the stock purchase price by the received call premium and obligates investors to sell stock higher.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

These courts stuck with the rulebook, which obligates them to follow precedent until it’s formally overturned.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025

And while she said her oath ethically obligates her to defend these children, she doesn’t know how the office will survive in its current form if payments don’t come in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

The second fault is that it obligates those who are circumcised to observe the whole Law.

From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Theodore Graebner

More than half those funds were obligated since last January, and another award potentially worth up to $50 million the agency continues to extend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Of course, if you had the money, you may choose to pay those premiums from a joint account or manage them under a power of attorney, but that does not make you legally obligated.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

"Everyone needs to be involved with this. People should feel obligated to speak out regardless of who they are. Everyone knows someone affected by this. It's quite simple."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

On the opening of the strait, the MOU obligated Iran only to “make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial ships with no charge for 60 days only.”

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

Do not make yourself obligated to another person.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

A “phase one” trade deal signed in early 2020 addressed neither of those points, instead obligating China to buy more soybeans from American farmers—something Beijing largely failed to fulfill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

If you recall the myth, you may be able to guess that he’s another loved one Dream condemns to suffering, obligating the supreme being to apologize yet again.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025

“Accordingly, the Department will not be issuing Grant Award Notifications obligating funds for these programs on July 1 prior to completing that review.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

The next year, the Paris summit produced a milestone agreement by obligating all countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, creating the foundation for every subsequent negotiation over climate change.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

To dream of obligating yourself in any incident, denotes that you will be fretted and worried by the thoughtless complaints of others.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller