saddle
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There’s also been concern that the borrowing blitz results in overbuilding that could saddle debt investors with big losses.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
But he was known to love every element of cycling and was always in the saddle.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the 1960s and 1970s, he would be up before the sun to pack a thermos of coffee and a camp lunch in one saddle bag and an acrid, tar-like screwworm killer in the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Rather than saddle an existing agency with additional duties, Congress delegated rulemaking and enforcement power to a private corporation known as the Horseracing Authority.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2026
Taran rose in his saddle, turned, and waved proudly.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
In truth, it undermines program integrity, eliminates key consumer protections, forces consumers into choices that are not to their benefit and saddles states with higher costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
He has the chance to change that as he saddles up with a familiar partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
You could see details in saddles and costumes, and the building were still extant.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
D. Wayne Lukas, the 88-year-old trainer with four derby wins, saddles Just Steel.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
Years in the saddles of military-school horses had taught him to carry his six-foot-one-inch frame straight up.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Even so, airlines themselves are furious that they have been saddled with a bill of millions of pounds.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Hui built Evergrande into one of China’s biggest residential developers, which saddled itself with massive debt and eventually defaulted on its bonds in late 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The ranchers said the park service saddled them with excessive rules and regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The disruption can interrupt care and leave people saddled with medical bills they cannot afford.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
I remember his standing in front of the cabin with his horse saddled, his gun in his scabbard, and his bedroll tied on back of the cantle.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
Oldfield says: "How do we shore the business up into a place that's right for them to come into without saddling them with a lot of debt?"
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
But his career collapsed abruptly within a few years when the party accused him of saddling Zibo with onerous debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
What happens next may hit everyone who dreams of saddling a dragon squarely in the chest.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
The status quo was saddling administrators with long hours without extra pay amid increasing bureaucratic compliance demands as well as heightened pressure to raise test scores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Edd was still saddling the grey when Bowen Marsh stomped across the yard to confront Jon at the stables.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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