indebted
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Tokyo is indebted to the tune of 230% of GDP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Many South Pacific countries, with aid-dependent economies and indebted to Chinese banks for infrastructure loans, are reluctant to publicly criticise Beijing, although the Solomon Islands on Tuesday said it had protested over the missile firing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Investors tried to pull nearly $20 billion from private-credit funds that make loans to highly indebted midsize companies in the first quarter of this year, forcing the funds to restrict redemptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Ionesco’s brand of absurdism is indebted to classic French farce, which is redeployed in lunatic fashion to lampoon the nonsensical nature of human existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The antiunion coalfields of West Virginia came close to the feudal systems of the Middle Ages, where the lower classes worked for landowners and remained indebted to them for life.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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