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borrow

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




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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

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

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

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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