indebted
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Many South Pacific countries, with aid-dependent economies and indebted to Chinese banks for infrastructure loans, are reluctant to publicly criticise Beijing, although the Solomon Islands on Tuesday said it had protested over the missile firing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Investors tried to pull nearly $20 billion from private-credit funds that make loans to highly indebted midsize companies in the first quarter of this year, forcing the funds to restrict redemptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Ionesco’s brand of absurdism is indebted to classic French farce, which is redeployed in lunatic fashion to lampoon the nonsensical nature of human existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Evergrande became known as the world's most indebted property developer after much of its empire was built on $300bn of borrowed money.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Colonel Cathcart was greatly indebted to Colonel Korn and did not like him at all.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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