beholden
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Doubling down on satellite partnerships shows they “don’t want to be beholden to a SpaceX monopoly,” Craig Moffett, analyst at MoffettNathanson, told Barron’s.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
And there’s something appealing about an outsider crashing City Hall, which is way too beholden to sclerotic lifers who can be as clueless about what the city needs as Pratt turned out to be.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Instead, commission rates are beholden to industry norms — expectations that agents, buyers and sellers follow.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
"I don't understand why we are in a situation where we're beholden to supply and demand when it comes to something as basic as healthcare and medicine," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
If a man, boldest and most intelligent of creatures, won’t wander from place to place, a stranger to all, beholden to none, why would an animal, which is by temperament far more conservative?
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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