saddle
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There’s also been concern that the borrowing blitz results in overbuilding that could saddle debt investors with big losses.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
If not contained, the parasite could saddle Texas ranchers with more than $700 million in losses a year, largely from livestock deaths, according to U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Rather than saddle an existing agency with additional duties, Congress delegated rulemaking and enforcement power to a private corporation known as the Horseracing Authority.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2026
It takes a lot of miles in that saddle to be able to navigate it easily without letting it kill you.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
Since it was too painful bouncing around in a horse saddle, Cherrie walked much of the way.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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He has the chance to change that as he saddles up with a familiar partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
That involves treating the surface of the ball with the same oil that’s used on horse saddles, then in succession leather balm, conditioner, mud, more conditioner, and a thorough brushing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
You could see details in saddles and costumes, and the building were still extant.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
Four soldiers were thrown from their saddles, and five horses ran loose through London.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2024
As Andrés gets the saddles from the shed, I pet Isabela’s back and run my fingers through her coarse black mane.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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Hui built Evergrande into one of China’s biggest residential developers, which saddled itself with massive debt and eventually defaulted on its bonds in late 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The ranchers said the park service saddled them with excessive rules and regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The disruption can interrupt care and leave people saddled with medical bills they cannot afford.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Given the United executives’ recent statements about M&A, investors don’t have to worry about it buying a highly leveraged airline and getting saddled with debt, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
He comes to us saddled with a fair amount of baggage.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Oldfield says: "How do we shore the business up into a place that's right for them to come into without saddling them with a lot of debt?"
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
There is no good argument for saddling server farms with rules that aren’t already applied to other commercial activities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
What happens next may hit everyone who dreams of saddling a dragon squarely in the chest.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Since then, utilities have balked at building new reactors, because of the risk of overspending and saddling consumers with higher electricity bills.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
We can blame an eighteenth-century English clergyman and Latin scholar named Robert Lowth for saddling us with this one.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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