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“I have never become indebted to anyone during my time in politics,” Lee said at a news conference last month.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2025

Is it not honour and reward enough that a gentleman condescends to become indebted to you?

From A Pirate of the Caribbees by Lacy, C.J. de

There are indeed few great poets who have not in some way become indebted to the inexhaustible treasure of Boccaccio’s creativeness.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

Speculation was even more rampant, and rising men were willing and were able to become indebted for enormous sums, having no security to offer but the promise of their future career.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony

To the woman-hater's mind, if a man has become indebted to a girl, honor bids him pay the debt, the sooner the better.

From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Field, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg)




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