borrow
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Most companies that aren’t public have to borrow money to expand, and that often means turning to the private-credit market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
"I will now dip into my savings, borrow some money. I don't know what's next," she told AFP in the garment hub of Gazipur.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Newly released quarterly financing estimates show the Treasury expects to borrow $739 billion in privately-held net marketable debt in July-September, $68 billion higher than announced in May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
This is because as well as the $36bn it has already put into the deal, PIF needs to borrow $20bn from investment bankers JPMorgan to close it, with the business taking on the debt.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“They’re making me work, can you believe it? But you can borrow the basketball.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
The council borrows money to pay for capital projects, with its borrowing limit currently standing at £1.6 billion.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Treasury Department has kept a lid on issuing longer-duration government bonds to control supply and costs as it borrows to fund the large U.S. deficit.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Sweet Charity,” which borrows its name from Bob Fosse’s 1969 film, feels like we’ve just stepped into a club after an intense dance-off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
While “Is God Is” borrows from some of those films, it’s not trying to show off.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
He borrows some toothpaste, squats at the river, dips his toothbrush into the murky water, and cleans his broken teeth.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
It acquired the garbage-disposal company InSinkErator for $3 billion in cash—$2.5 billion of it borrowed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It is thought to be the largest leveraged buyout in history, meaning a significant part of it is paid for with borrowed money, which the company will have to pay back.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Simmons believes the book may have been borrowed by his great-great-grandfather, John Simmons, who owned the house when the library first opened.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Natland was then passed on to a Foxtrot member with the online username Agent 47, which is borrowed from the Hitman game franchise.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
“I borrowed the idea from Jelly Bellys,” Farooqi admitted.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
This supply wave is hitting at a time of record sovereign borrowing.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Margin borrowing recently hit a record, but it’s a far cry from levels that bankrupted many in the 1929 crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Investors are keenly awaiting the release of key US jobs data Friday, hoping for an idea about the state of the economy as the Federal Reserve plots its next moves on borrowing costs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
It highlights both countries' efforts to prevent a sell-off in the yen and Japanese government bonds from having an impact on the global economy, including potentially helping to push up borrowing costs for Washington.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Madam Imbert? She is borrowing some potatoes,” I quickly lied, wondering if that sounded believable.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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