borrow

Example Sentences

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If fundraising stalls simultaneously, such a development could prompt a liquidity crisis and force fund managers to use their cash reserves, borrow money or sell assets to pay shareholders out and satisfy their own lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

They can adjust taxes, change benefits, restructure obligations, and crucially, borrow over long time horizons.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“In such cases, investors effectively lend dollars and borrow foreign currency, which means dollar funding is abundant.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

But many low-income households don't have the savings to last that long and so have to borrow, incurring debt.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Freddy and Teddy would chain their bikes up so that Danny couldn’t borrow them, even though they were in the garage collecting dust.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova