borrowed

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She delivered the night's most jaw-dropping vocal, rising above the arena on a platform she allegdly borrowed from Beyoncé.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Fervo says it can use technologies borrowed from the shale revolution, drilling through rocks and using new techniques to make many more areas geothermal friendly.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Stravinsky had spent nearly two decades working inside self-imposed forms—neoclassical symphonies and ballets built on borrowed material.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Using 2025 figures, total government spending was $7 trillion, of which $2.2 trillion was borrowed, or 31 percent.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

They were the forgeries that he’d borrowed from Scotland Yard five years earlier in his attempt to lure Le Fantôme.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti