be obliged
Example Sentences
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If the S&P 500 starts to outperform Russell 2000, then they will be obliged to shift weightings to avoid underperforming benchmarks.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
But in January this year, a serious sticking point emerged about how far the intelligence services would be obliged to co-operate.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
European industrials, meanwhile, were no doubt buoyed by the developments in Greenland that suggest governments will be obliged to raise defense spending, hence the popularity of subsectors like aerospace and defense, machinery and electrical equipment.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 19, 2026
“Either shadow banks will be obliged to accept greater regulation, or sooner or later, one or more of them will get caught in a mess that roils the markets,” Ellis told Barron’s in an email.
From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025
“I said I did not know. I had no statement to make. And I should be obliged if he did not ring me up again.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
