be obliged
Example Sentences
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Buy the biggest, most obvious stocks that the large passive funds will be obliged to invest in because, if the theme works, these heavyweights will make money rather, the advice goes.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
If the S&P 500 starts to outperform Russell 2000, then they will be obliged to shift weightings to avoid underperforming benchmarks.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
“Either shadow banks will be obliged to accept greater regulation, or sooner or later, one or more of them will get caught in a mess that roils the markets,” Ellis told Barron’s in an email.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
Kyiv would be obliged to respond to any violations of electoral laws by such candidates and bar them from participating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
In a sense, we shall be obliged to swing back again, still believing in the new way but constrained by the facts of life to live in the old.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
