Example Sentences

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Real-estate giant Blackstone is liquidating a major investment gone wrong: a $1.8 billion wager on senior housing that has saddled the firm with more than $600 million in losses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Hollub’s aggressive financial strategy has hurt Occidental because it has saddled Occidental with too much debt.

From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025

"That is the environment that I think has allowed workplace abuse to go unchecked for many decades. And it's also the environment that has saddled members of my union with unfair contracts," she told reporters.

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2023

But tech investor Sarah Kunst said the real reason Twitter is facing difficulties is because Mr Musk's takeover has saddled the company with debt.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2022

Insanity turns men oftenest into sheep and hares; but it does now and then make them wolves and tigers; and that has saddled the insane in general with a character for ferocity.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles