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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

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

But an announcement alone doesn’t obligate a fund to follow through with repurchases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Other young people's classes are provided for those who do not thus obligate themselves but are willing attendants.

From Seven Graded Sunday Schools A Series of Practical Papers by Various

No law obligates these companies to report the full scope of their water use, both direct and indirect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

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

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

The Haitian Government obligates itself ... to create without delay an efficient constabulary, urban and rural, composed of native Haitians.

From The American Empire by Scott Nearing

Nvidia’s commitment is structured to require a series of mitigation steps before the chip maker would be obligated to make any payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

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

"Everyone needs to be involved with this. People should feel obligated to speak out regardless of who they are. Everyone knows someone affected by this. It's quite simple."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Being at a movie theater together and feeling obligated to hold hands even after your hands become sweaty and the sweat starts mixing together; and 5.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

"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

We do not know Him as Father, until we possess the obligating sense of our kinship with all mankind, and say, "Our Father."

From Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Henry Sloane Coffin