borrowed

Example Sentences

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Previously, parents who borrowed through the federal loan program could borrow up to a school’s cost of attendance.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Many of these principles are borrowed from the Premier League handbook of 2025-26.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

Everyone talks about sharing a flat with a million people, living on borrowed sandwiches — I skipped that phase.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

In late 2003, Browne himself borrowed from the “Wedges” thinking in a speech.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

Out of money, Charles borrowed from his father and his sister and futilely tried to sue the Oneida Community for money he said they owed him.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow