lent

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He also lent his voice to the Christmas Day adaptation of Julia Donaldson's book, Tiddler, and recently became a published children's author.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

China lent Kenya $9.7 billion between 2000 and 2019, according to the Chinese Loans to Africa Database by Boston University, with around half of that going to the railway.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

A five-year federal investigation into Wiederhorn, prompted by fraud allegations at Capital Consultants, a firm he did business with, revealed that he had lent himself some $65 million from Wilshire that he never repaid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Investors are beginning to worry that a wave of redemptions and feared markdowns in the private-credit space could rebound on the banks that themselves lent money to those lenders.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

Smoke curled from his proud lips, as though the same crackling sparks that lent his blue eyes their intensity now stoked a blaze beneath his skin.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros