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It’s more common than many people realize, and being named as executor does not obligate you to accept the role.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

“If additional funds are made available to State, we will work to obligate them consistent with legal requirements and Administration priorities.”

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

In a chapter cleverly titled “Keep Calm and Carrion,” she explains that obligate scavengers—animals that feed on dead matter—are “nature’s clean-up crew,” performing one of the most vital roles on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

The risk: Intel builds upon its extraordinary gains and keeps rising, which would obligate investors to sell the stock, or to manage the short call to avoid assignment.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

He will not again obligate himself as a messenger boy.

From Hunters Out of Space by Joseph Everidge Kelleam

The “covered call” strategy lowers the stock purchase price by the received call premium and obligates investors to sell stock higher.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon’s organization, HateAid, receives funding from the German government, which has certified it as a “trusted flagger,” which obligates platforms to give priority to its reports of forbidden speech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

These courts stuck with the rulebook, which obligates them to follow precedent until it’s formally overturned.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025

And while she said her oath ethically obligates her to defend these children, she doesn’t know how the office will survive in its current form if payments don’t come in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

It matters but little how a conjugal union is effected so long as sanctioned by law or custom and it obligates the parties, by common opinion, to observe the duties pertaining to married life.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

The organizing committee is obligated to create a $270-million contingency fund that can be distributed as a surplus if the Games make money or cover any losses in the event of a shortfall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Schools are obligated to provide a safe environment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

After making sure her funeral arrangements are carried out, can I decline or resign from serving as executor, or would I still be legally obligated to administer the estate?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

She says it was on her to prove that her son had died from overwork, and Coupang was obligated to provide records, including security camera footage, to Comwel, but not her.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The difference in treatment toward themselves that they recognize makes them obligated to you.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

"Gomez purported ‌to ⁠sign a contract obligating her to perform and then ignored it," the lawsuit claims.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

A “phase one” trade deal signed in early 2020 addressed neither of those points, instead obligating China to buy more soybeans from American farmers—something Beijing largely failed to fulfill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

If you recall the myth, you may be able to guess that he’s another loved one Dream condemns to suffering, obligating the supreme being to apologize yet again.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025

“Accordingly, the Department will not be issuing Grant Award Notifications obligating funds for these programs on July 1 prior to completing that review.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

I then asked her to give me one commandment in the Bible obligating her to christen her child.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr