borrow

Example Sentences

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“If rates or credit spreads ever go up, the companies that borrowed will have to borrow at even higher rates,” Mr. Dimon warns—a timeless lesson often forgotten in credit manias.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Consumers worried about losing their jobs will borrow and spend less.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The law, which will be implemented this summer, caps — for the first time in decades— the amount that parents can borrow to pay for their kids’ college and the amount graduate students can borrow.

From MarketWatch • 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

He seems to borrow pride from the fancy letters in his satchel.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri