become indebted
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“I have never become indebted to anyone during my time in politics,” Lee said at a news conference last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
But Hugh, on hearing what was proposed, made strong objection: he refused to accept the hospitality of people quite unknown to him; why, with abundant resources of their own, should they become indebted to strangers?
From The Whirlpool by George Gissing
There was consequently no need to become indebted to peasant women for the privilege of enjoying life on this planet.
From Married by August Strindberg
Abandoned by the Habsburgs, and desirous of escaping from the increasing power of Bern, Fribourg in 1452 finally submitted to the count of Savoy, to whom it had become indebted for vast sums of money.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
He had become indebted at Brême, he had become indebted at St. Malo; but every year he diminished his obligations.
From Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
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