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loan

[lohn] / loʊn /




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Something similar could be under way with Japan’s plans to use an emergency Fed loan facility to raise cash to prop up the yen without having to sell its hoard of Treasurys.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

This will be Spence's second spell in Italy after a six-month loan at Genoa in 2024.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Holly: Former Manchester United man Alejandro Garnacho may be well fancied after arriving at Villa on loan from Chelsea this summer, but Emi Buendia may be hard to displace in midfield.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

So Iger and team essentially engineered a loan from the bank of ESPN.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The guest speaker was Herb Sandler, the CEO of a giant savings and loan called Golden West Financial Corporation.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Last year, New York real-estate investors were alleged to have committed fraud in receiving loans to acquire hundreds of Baltimore vacant properties.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Walter is not the only owner of a life insurer to rely on related-party loans to fund its business dealings.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Following questions from prosecutors about TWG’s business practices, an internal review found some $20 billion worth of affiliated loans that hadn’t been properly disclosed.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

At 18, players have already received years of professional coaching but remain young enough to spend time in an under-21 or B-team environment before decisions are made over loans or first-team opportunities.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

No one but Vinny, so far as Vinny could tell, ever really understood the crappiness of the loans they had made.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Chen said Bo, Panshi and another associate had loaned more than $2 million to the developers of an apartment complex, prompting lawsuits over unpaid debts and control of the property.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

It piled up dollars selling Americans cars and gadgets, then loaned those dollars right back by buying U.S.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

The former England international was loaned out a total of nine separate occasions while at Chelsea before signing permanently for Southampton in 2015, aged 25.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Shares will be loaned by Hertz to J.P.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

In August she sent him a note, telling him he could have the book she had loaned him.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has dispatched about 150 personnel and 20 engines to Washington, while individual California fire departments are also loaning crews.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The deal would involve the U.S. government loaning as much as $500 million to Spirit, and receiving warrants to take a stake in the low-cost carrier in return, the Journal said.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

You would likely not see any money you gave him, so even loaning him money would merely start a bad habit that could be hard to break.

From MarketWatch Mar. 21, 2026

Metro has said that those operators are expected to be provided through transit agencies loaning the buses.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2025

I planned to tell her that Dad was loaning it out for a few weeks.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen




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