Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, the U.S. in recent years has been borrowing at interest rates that exceed the nominal economic growth rate.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The government has been borrowing heavily to finance its military campaign in Ukraine and will issue more floating-rate OFZ treasury bonds, popular among investors, on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2022

Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment trust fund is nearly bankrupt, and Louisiana has been borrowing from the federal government to keep paying jobless claims.

From Washington Times • Jan. 3, 2021

But the 20-year-old has been borrowing other items from teammates and Team USA staff members.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 11, 2019

The long and short of it is, somebody has told old Featherstone, giving you as the authority, that Fred has been borrowing or trying to borrow money on the prospect of his land.

From Middlemarch by Eliot, George