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Profits across all their lines of business have been hit by years of anaemic economic growth; America’s banks have been lending in a more buoyant environment.

From Economist • Oct. 15, 2015

Chinese museums have been lending to their American counterparts quite a bit lately, and now the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla., will benefit from the trend.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2015

Banks have been lending hand over fist to companies in the nation’s energy industry, underwriting bonds, advising on mergers, even financing the building of homes for oil workers.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2015

To keep this flood of cash moving and to make a profit, U.S. banks have been lending these funds to LDCs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two years ago, a man carried a bundle for us to Boston, and we have been lending him two shillings a week ever since.—American paper.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 by Chambers, Robert