hook
Example Sentences
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One investor concern, he noted, is that the company sits on “significant long-lived lease obligations” and would likely still be on the hook for many of them regardless of how the AI scene shakes out.
From MarketWatch
By total cash spending in 2025, Minnesota is on the hook for $345.6 million on this year’s team, according to salary tracking website Over the Cap.
But that one-year crypto surge—and the meme-stock mania that happened around the same time—got a generation of troops hooked on investing.
On the game’s opening possession, Betts received a pass, took one dribble and pivoted to bank in a jump hook for the first basket.
From Los Angeles Times
It was far from a technical showcase at Derby Vaillant Live arena, with frequent grappling and clinching, but the contest sparked into life when TKV rocked Clarke with a heavy left hook in the 11th.
From BBC
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