borrow

Example Sentences

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But the evidence is mounting that the department’s brass blew it, or, to borrow a phrase from Bass, “botched it.”

From Los Angeles Times

She asked to borrow a phone to call a taxi but they refused.

From BBC

Years of ultra-low rates in Japan pushed the country’s heavyweight investors abroad for returns with a popular “carry trade,” borrowing yen to invest in higher-yielding U.S.

From Barron's

And that could trigger an unwinding of the so-called yen carry trade, in which investors borrow the Japanese currency to invest abroad.

From Barron's

That stoked bets on the Fed lowering borrowing costs early next year.

From Barron's