Example Sentences

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Debt trap: Many countries that have been borrowing heavily from Beijing for years to pay for infrastructure are now struggling to pay their debts.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

I have not had access to my account since June last year and instead I have been borrowing money from friends and relatives here to buy food for the family.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2022

“The government did not start borrowing in 2021, we have been borrowing since independence...we are doing this for people’s development,” she said in remarks that were broadcast live.

From Reuters • Jan. 6, 2022

His parents ask for money regularly and have been borrowing our second car for the past eight months.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2021

I have been borrowing money right and left.

From The Moneychangers by Sinclair, Upton