owe it to

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Before my Good Inside ends and I cancel my subscription—which seems inevitable—I owe it to Dr. Becky to hear the gospel of DFKs.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

“And we are going to go after it, and we’re going to go after it hard, because we owe it to this place to do that.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

"We regret that - we owe it to the families and we will accept the responsibility," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2025

“Sparrow, one more thing: Even if you can only do it for a minute, try not to fly away during the show. Stay there. You owe it to yourself, and you owe it to them.”

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon