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
He has watched till the sun has gone down, and the streets have become indebted for their illumination solely to the gas lamps.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
Is it not honour and reward enough that a gentleman condescends to become indebted to you?
From A Pirate of the Caribbees by C.J. de Lacy
Either party by violating these terms was to become indebted to the other to the amount of one hundred thousand guilders.
From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson
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