Example Sentences

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No other Big Tech company has borrowed close to what Oracle has.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

It wouldn’t be a Tron movie without Jeff Bridges in the role, though this time he looks like he has borrowed from Marlon Brando’s interstellar ’70s lounge-wear wardrobe in “Superman.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

The Navy is placing more recruiters in the field and has borrowed an idea from the Army by instituting a Future Sailor Preparatory Course at its Recruit Training Command near Chicago.

From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2023

After this comes the cost of interest on the debt the government has borrowed.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2023

“I thought, Here’s another person who has borrowed too much money and hired a lawyer. I wasn’t too sympathetic.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis