borrow

Example Sentences

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“If rates or credit spreads ever go up, the companies that borrowed will have to borrow at even higher rates,” Mr. Dimon warns—a timeless lesson often forgotten in credit manias.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

If fundraising stalls simultaneously, such a development could prompt a liquidity crisis and force fund managers to use their cash reserves, borrow money or sell assets to pay shareholders out and satisfy their own lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

But many low-income households don't have the savings to last that long and so have to borrow, incurring debt.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The government provides the loans to parents regardless of their income. and, since they could borrow up to the cost of attendance, the loans can leave families in an unsustainable position.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

“Hello, mister. Could I, er, borrow your cart for a bit?”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook