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with strings attached





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While Qatari entities have said their motivations include building local human capital and supporting research, the money seems to come with strings attached.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

There’s only so much control that their grandparents will be able to exercise after they’re gone, and the best kinds of gifts don’t come with strings attached.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

Such Faustian bargains always come with strings attached.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024

But unlike general social service grants for schooling or health, housing funds typically come with strings attached.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

All these years he’d wanted friends, and now he discovered they came with strings attached.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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