borrow
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That means continued pressure on anyone looking for a new mortgage, businesses planning to borrow and the heavily indebted federal government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
One issue could be the specter of interest-rate hikes, which affects technology companies across the board that have to borrow money.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
AI companies would like to borrow a few trillion more from the same global pool of savings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Loan rules vary between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but most students still need to borrow to pay for their studies.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“We are kind of stuck here. Um, do you think it would be possible to borrow your phone?”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Italy, despite its much larger debt, now borrows at cheaper rates than France.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The author, lining up with the bond-loving tomato-growers, borrows his title from Lord Macaulay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
It borrows ideas from other games, with the cards changing based on the quality of the image or sound recording used to ID the bird - as well as its rarity.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
He borrows money from Gorlitz to go back and see him.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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The worst of the selling Wednesday was concentrated in companies that have borrowed heavily to finance data center build-outs and have signaled plans to keep doing so, making lenders uneasy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
A high-rate environment would create difficult conditions for the capital-intensive AI boom, which has become increasingly dependent on borrowed money.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Each borrowed about £37,500 to cover three years of tuition and living costs.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
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
“Let’s just say I borrowed it from a family member,” I say.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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AirTrunk, a hyperscale data-center operator backed by Blackstone, has delayed a planned Singapore listing amid market volatility and uncertainty over U.S. interest rates and borrowing costs, people familiar with the matter said earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
That increase in the market cost of US government borrowing also puts upward pressure on the interest rates on mortgages available to American households.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Companies with weaker balance sheets and higher sensitivity to rising borrowing costs are receiving greater scrutiny from investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
That raises an important question: Is the rest of the market complacent in the face of looming risks that could drive borrowing costs even higher than they already are?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The file was thin because the borrower hadn’t done much borrowing.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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