loan
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The sale is contingent securing a construction loan to complete the project and Petty said the developers are negotiating financing terms with domestic institutional and private equity lenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Earlier this year, the Education and Treasury departments launched an online portal that borrowers can use to start the process of rehabilitation or consolidation or to make payments on a defaulted loan.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
In 2025, a judge reversed Utah’s pause on new business and said the auditor had disregarded the value of the loan collateral, which included Boeing Jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
This summer, after impressive performances for Wednesday and Northern Ireland, Pierce returned to Manchester City in a long-term deal before joining QPR on loan.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
“Even though it’s a loan company, it’s never made any loans. Not one. It just borrows money from one bank and pays it back to another. That’s all it does. Borrow and pay back.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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He settled for a private-sector job processing bank loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
He added that he could understand why people were "energised and enthusiastic" about independence because of issues such as "student loans, the cost of living, the geopolitical scene".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Restarting collection of defaulted student loans presents operational as well as political challenges.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
He is accused of using his influence as president to steer millions in government deposits to Ueno and hiding or downplaying its financial woes despite warnings about questionable loans and solvency issues.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
He asked the people most directly involved in the decision to sell credit default swaps on consumer loans what percentage of those loans were subprime mortgages.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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The Mississippi native, who lives in an antebellum-style mansion in a tiny and heavily white community east of Memphis, has loaned his congressional campaign $1.5 million.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Following treatment, they had no keys or other belongings so stayed at the home of a nurse, whose husband loaned Berriff clothes.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Trust companies, the original “shadow banks,” had loaned buckets of money to risky businesses, real-estate speculators and stock traders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Medicaid reduced the claim from $260,000 down to $100,000 and then the city of Lynn loaned $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity, which rehabbed the home and gave Gunning a lease,” Ford said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Though she had no coat to wear, Consuelo loaned her a black, hand-crocheted shawl for the occasion.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has dispatched about 150 personnel and 20 engines to Washington, while individual California fire departments are also loaning crews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
In return, the museum is loaning treasures including from the Sutton Hoo hoard as well as the Lewis chess pieces, made from walrus ivory in the 12th Century.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The former head of the national history museum in Bucharest, Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu, faced considerable domestic criticism for loaning the gold objects abroad and lost his job within days of the theft.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The deal would involve the U.S. government loaning as much as $500 million to Spirit, and receiving warrants to take a stake in the low-cost carrier in return, the Journal said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
So she started loaning out money—a loan shark.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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