borrow
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At this scale, what the Magnificent Seven earn, spend and borrow — and who they hire — has consequences that are felt well beyond Wall Street.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
SpaceX is reportedly in discussions with banks and investment management firms to borrow $40 billion to purchase chips from Nvidia.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
In inflation-adjusted terms, the AI sector is expected to borrow more this year than US cable operators did to build out the entire internet, or than railroad companies did during the 19th-century US rail boom.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Both were broke, and she told the Charlotte Observer she had to borrow a wedding gown when they married in 1988.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
“When we get back to the FARM,” Kat said, “you can come into my room and borrow any items of mine that you want.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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The character design, which borrows from anime, is elegant and a little odd — hands and feet are drawn tiny, which has the paradoxical effect of drawing your attention, making them more expressive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
His prudent approach is to avoid a single grand plan and embrace a multifaceted strategy that borrows pertinent insights from a variety of approaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The referees are from all four corners of the globe, all from different football associations, separate confederations, and Fifa effectively borrows their services for six weeks.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
One could argue, however, that as Alphabet rolls out more data centers — and borrows money to do it — that it is becoming more of an industrial company, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
At the party, at the corrugated tin shack of Maria Isabel’s cousin, Jasmin eats chicken, tries to blow up a red balloon, and borrows a pink bike with training wheels.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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Apart from the turtle story, which made it into the episode “Field Trip,” very few of Arnold’s adventures were directly borrowed from Bartlett’s life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
"We borrowed some microphones, Kevin had built a small computer and we recorded the first album like that, basically just hanging out together," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Debt among older Americans is rising, both in terms of the number of older households carrying debt and the amount borrowed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Igor Yelnik, founder of Alphidence Capital, a London-based global macro hedge fund, noted that funds are relying on leverage—essentially, borrowed money—more than the last time when rates were this high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Later that Wednesday, Guiteau took the borrowed money to a Washington gun shop a block from the White House.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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Parents are also facing a borrowing cap this year of $20,000 a year per dependent student, and no more than $65,000 total per student.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
He added that the Fed is getting help from a bond selloff that has raised longer-term Treasury yields, lifting mortgage rates and other borrowing costs and thereby applying an economic brake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
A widening gap between stock and bond volatility gauges suggests equities could be overlooking inflation, borrowing, and interest-rate risks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Megacap companies, including the “Magnificent Seven” group of tech stocks, have been almost rate insensitive in recent months, despite borrowing a deluge of new debt to fund the AI build-out.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Oh! So you’re borrowing money. Another poor practice to teach your son.”
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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