Example Sentences

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Private credit firms, which have loaned huge sums to the tech industry in recent years, were among those hit Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

India, China and Japan are among those who have loaned billions of dollars.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

Money he raises could also be used to repay more than $700,000 that he claimed to have loaned his campaign.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Those complaints, including one filed earlier this month from the Campaign Legal Center, direct particular attention to more than $700,000 that Santos claims to have loaned his 2022 campaign.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

I’m sure that if my host had seen my envy he would have loaned me the beauty, but I didn’t ask.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck