hock
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Last year, Burnham told the New Statesman magazine: "We've got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets."
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Markets are likely to expect higher U.K. public spending under Burnham due to his past comments that the U.K. shouldn’t be “in hock to the bond markets,” Deutsche Bank strategists said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
On Saturday, Cabinet Minister Lucy Powell told the BBC Labour was "not in hock" to vested interests "at all", and had declared donations correctly.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
Razor-sharp teeth and surgical precision allow the bats to make an incision in an animal, such as in the hock of a cow, without the animal feeling it.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
Jacob grabbed the enormous hock of meat that passed for William’s shoulder and shook it.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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