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
And many software companies need to borrow money as well.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Therefore investors are continuing “to reprice growth-heavy equity valuations in general,” meaning they’re taking a fresh look at the high stock multiples associated with companies that borrow money to help fuel their growth.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Claire desperately needs a charge, so she knocks on the door of her previously unmet neighbor across the hall, Oliver, to see if she can borrow the necessary device.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
On the third night of this, I borrow a saw from Mr. Szymczak and cut our table in half.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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Italy, despite its much larger debt, now borrows at cheaper rates than France.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 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
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
But Crandall said that in the long run, it will raise the interest rates on money the government borrows, increasing the cost to taxpayers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“She said they took up too much space, and she was worried that your parents might see them, because sometimes your mom borrows that phone. ”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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“Picks-and-shovels” companies making AI hardware are better-positioned than those relying on “cheap borrowed money to expand,” said Michael Landsberg, chief investment officer at Landsberg Bennett Private Wealth Management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
To pay the fee, the couple said they borrowed money from a family friend and took out a loan.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 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
The rise in rates is saddling the government with higher costs just as it needs to refinance a mountain of debt borrowed during the era of ultralow interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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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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
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
The most recent figures show that in August government borrowing stood at £18.3bn.
From BBC ● 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 block’s keeplock officer, instead of borrowing my keys and ushering the inmates to their cells, called, “They’re back,” when he came through the gate and then disappeared.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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