obligation
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While the firm’s credit arm is facing pressure, about one third of its assets under management are held in collateralized loan obligation funds, which people familiar with the matter said are still performing well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Minister Andrew Muir said supporting nature was "not just a nice thing to do", but "a moral obligation to future generations".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The film was financed by A24, which gave Fielder and Oppenheim unusual freedom to pursue the project without any deadline or obligation to turn what they captured into a finished film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
For Mizrahim, who tend to be collectivist and family- and community-minded, the lack of service betrays an obligation they assume everyone shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But they had trials, a catastrophe of their own, and now, as guests in her house, they believed themselves under an obligation.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
In France, Binance is suspected of having failed to meet its obligations regarding the oversight of client funds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
A spokesperson for Google said the company’s processes for handling law-enforcement requests are designed to protect users’ privacy while meeting Google’s legal obligations, noting that they “push back against those that are overbroad.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
ServiceNow expects current remaining performance obligations to grow 18.5% in the fourth quarter, down 2 percentage points from the third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
We want the intimacy of a home without necessarily inheriting all the obligations of maintaining one.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
“Of course I’m not. But I have to pretend. Social contractual obligations and whatnot.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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