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
In every other way, events are in the saddle in a manner that should give nobody a particularly comfortable feeling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
"That saddle was not very comfortable," he added.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The rest of us had to travel by foot, saddle up a horse, or maybe ride a horse and buggy to get around.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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
Images of the two horses, one of which is black and the other white, wearing saddles and bridles, were circulating across social media.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
Two of them had rifles alongside their saddles.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
Even so, airlines themselves are furious that they have been saddled with a bill of millions of pounds.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
In most countries, gas-powered luxury vehicles are saddled with huge upfront taxes and tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The ranchers said the park service saddled them with excessive rules and regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
It not only wiped out many traders but also saddled crypto exchanges’ insurance funds with losses when customers couldn’t pay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
All her life, Koffi had been poor, saddled with debts that didn’t belong to her.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Backers say the limits avoid saddling arrestees with a digital scarlet letter that can cause lasting harm in employment and housing even after an acquittal or dismissal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
What happens next may hit everyone who dreams of saddling a dragon squarely in the chest.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Elsewhere, utilities have found unique ways to profit off the data center boom without saddling their regular customers with high bills.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
We can blame an eighteenth-century English clergyman and Latin scholar named Robert Lowth for saddling us with this one.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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