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borrow

[bor-oh, bawr-oh] / ˈbɒr oʊ, ˈbɔr oʊ /




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That concern is fair, and community banks matter to the towns that borrow from them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The argument goes that if the money is there to borrow, colleges raise their prices accordingly.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

To borrow the dim sum moniker, it touches the heart.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

The HPS fund’s earlier first-quarter report showed $4.9 billion in unused credit as of March 31, but only $3.4 billion was actually available to borrow.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Still, remembering how I’d needed to borrow Connor’s lantern, I relented and grabbed one.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

It borrows from the test-and-scale model of the Zara owner Inditex, ordering new products in small batches and then buying in bulk the styles that do well.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

"Language is often the first thing politics borrows when it is trying to connect with a new constituency," she says.

From BBC Jul. 29, 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

This version borrows a trick from French pastry, folding the dough again and again until distinct layers emerge.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

In The Hague, Vincent borrows a hundred guilders from Mauve, because the money Theo has sent is not enough.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Americans borrowed a record $211 billion to pay for their cars last quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

But the head of the dig discouraged him from learning this "very difficult" script, which borrowed its cuneiform alphabet from Assyrian.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

"It was a private issue. According to his confession, it was about money that the... chairman borrowed from him for several years, and he asked for the return of the money several times," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

A book borrowed 150 years ago has finally been returned to an Australian library, with the culprit linked to the Houses of Parliament in London.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Gran had already said it was okay if I borrowed some of his CDs collecting dust in the garage.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

It has been most acutely felt by people who used leverage - a form of borrowing in the financial markets.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

An increase in rates could pressure consumers by raising borrowing costs or cast a chill on the tech industry’s debt-powered AI investment cycle, which is already struggling to contend with high borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

In the war's fifth year, non-military sectors of the Russian economy have come under increasing strain, struggling under high borrowing costs, labour shortages and inflation.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Nearly 60% said they believed that unlimited borrowing contributed at least in part to rising college costs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

I decide questions about me borrowing her sunglasses are easier to take than questions re my eyes, so I put them back on.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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