in hock
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In an interview with the New Statesman last year, Burnham said the government had to "get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets".
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Sure, Sang-hyeon, who runs a hand laundry, and cohort Dong-soo, who works at said church, could use the dough; times are tight and, on the front burner, Sang-hyeon is in hock to the local mob.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
He meticulously piles up the arguments of the witch-mongers and knocks them down; charmers, soothsayers, alchemists, conjurors and occultists aren’t in hock to the devil, he says, they are charlatans.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2020
Determined to make money, Aldo has a long history of failed entrepreneurial ventures, leaving him in hock to a host of aggrieved investors.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2015
Sheriff Bill White had 'em all in hock; had the two bags of gold dust and their guns.
From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by George S. Harney
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