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Arriving in the convention city of Philadelphia, he boasted that he had been personally covering his travel and telephone expenses and said that if nominated, “I will be under obligation to nobody except the people.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2015

The German Government was declared to be under obligation to pay damages estimated at 140,749 French francs to the French Government, which had chartered the boat.

From Time Magazine Archive

She hates to be under obligation to anyone, especially her own mother.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

The best way, then, to be under obligation to none is, through love to obligate one's self in every respect to all men.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by John Nicholas Lenker

And the faithful shall be under obligation to conform thereto.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France


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