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beholden

adjective as in indebted

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He is in no way beholden to the GOP.

From Salon

Thailand also has a weak and fractious coalition government, beholden to a range of vested interests.

From BBC

But it was unclear whether Activision would ever see a reward from the case — EngineOwning, the company it sued, is based in Germany and may not be beholden to U.S. courts.

But this is a White House that feels beholden to loony far-right conspiracy theorists, and not ordinary Americans.

From Salon

In her speech on Thursday, Badenoch will accuse Labour of being "beholden to left-wing MPs" and "turning a blind eye" to rising benefit costs.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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