hook
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This let numerous defendants out of jail but kept them on the hook for nearly $3 billion in fines and restitution.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Alabama originally sued TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance in April 2025, alleging the app was engineered to hook young users "just like a sophisticated gambling machine."
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
That doesn’t necessarily get them off the hook if they’re getting paid for the content, advertising attorneys say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Policyholders would be on the hook to pay for anything above $500 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
He began to drive the iron back and forth, the electric cord rasping against the hook it was strung through near the ceiling.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
If the banks have their hooks into you so deep that you are paying 20% or more on existing card balances, that may not be you.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Numbers are part of the drama; 240,000 square yards of fabric, 350,000 hooks, 90 miles of steel cable and 2,050 steel poles were needed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was a punch delivered in Atlanta on Sunday and felt all the way in Washington, smooth and fluid, like one of Sugar Ray Robinson’s left hooks or Muhammad Ali’s left jabs.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
In stark contrast, several motorcycle suits and helmets were seen hanging neatly from hooks; Bush boasted of his motorcycle racing exploits, posting videos on social media.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
When Pa was at home the gun always lay across those two wooden hooks above the door.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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