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owe

[oh] / oʊ /


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We owe $300,000 at 2.75%, with a payment of $2,150 a month.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Discounts may not entirely owe to the student loan caps since lower-tier colleges are also experiencing fierce competition for students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

She followed the statement by looking straight into the camera and addressing Gaga, “I hope you watch, and I hope you remember what you did. And I feel like you owe me an apology.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

"We are demanding that they pay us what they owe us," Francisca Staiti, general secretary of the teachers' union Conadu Historica told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

I owe my life to both of them.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

She makes about $78,000 a year, has roughly $160,000 saved for retirement and owes $210,000 on her own small house, which she’s been renting out since she moved in with mom.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The jury in Tampa, Fla., found that air taxi startup Joby Aviation owes roughly $116.9 million to aviation supplier Aerosonic after it allegedly breached a confidentiality agreement and mishandled trade secrets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The pricing strategy comes as Costco faces a federal lawsuit filed in March alleging that the company owes shoppers tariff-related refunds following a Supreme Court decision striking down certain levies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"I think that the state owes me a big apology," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

This lack of artifice owes as much to the rousing arrangement of songs, which blend seamlessly together, as it does to Echevarri’s poignant narrative.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

At least £150m is currently owed to the government in uncollected illegal-working fines, according to Home Office figures obtained by the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Kroger has called Albertsons’ claims baseless and said that the company isn’t owed the breakup fee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The 24.4-cent federal tax normally owed when that fuel hits the road is deferred through Dec. 31, and the IRS is to stop writing penalties.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Documents in the petition outline money owed to LIV Golf's creditors with the 30 largest unsecured claims.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

No matter which way I did the math, I owed more than I’d make.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

But I want one part of our finances that can’t be lost, and I don’t want to enter retirement owing six figures when we have the cash to pay it off.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Many of the bodies are still unidentified, owing to their advanced state of decomposition.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

With advanced economies seeing bond yields surge -- owing to elevated inflation expectations, surging debt ratios and AI capital-raising activities -- global borrowing costs have been rising.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Financials are seen growing by around 5%, owing to tougher comparisons and pressure from higher bond yields, she says.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

But I am also furious because it means that I will never stop owing Finnick Odair.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins


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