borrow
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High rates are bad for anyone hoping to buy a home with a fixed-rate mortgage or looking to borrow money, including companies that want to invest in their business.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Yields on longer-term bonds in Japan have recently surged due in part to concerns that the government there will borrow and spend more to blunt the impact of higher energy costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The fact that it's cheaper to borrow means the price of houses has to go up, to ration the available supply.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Utilities must borrow money to build costly infrastructure, but then have to wait for regulators to allow them to recoup that investment.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
“I hate to bother you with this…But can I borrow your motorbike?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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