Example Sentences

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Yields on longer-term bonds in Japan have recently surged due in part to concerns that the government there will borrow and spend more to blunt the impact of higher energy costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Shares of the data-center infrastructure company have been battered by expectations the company will borrow even more to finance its AI business.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

This year’s theme is “The Garden of Time,” which will borrow from the show’s emphasis on nature and “cyclical themes of rebirth and renewal.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

Now, colleges face a choice: Make up any shortfall with their own money, or cross their fingers and hope that families will borrow more or find some other way to pay.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024

To the Gran Italia, I said, where I will borrow money from George.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway