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“If additional funds are made available to State, we will work to obligate them consistent with legal requirements and Administration priorities.”

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

The SEC’s order dismissed those remarks as “casual comments” that don’t obligate the commission to recognize a person as a whistleblower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

The risk: Intel builds upon its extraordinary gains and keeps rising, which would obligate investors to sell the stock, or to manage the short call to avoid assignment.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

Brennan & Rogers, a Maine-based law firm, says those laws obligate adult children to provide necessities such as food, clothing, housing and medical care for their parents who can’t afford to take care of themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026

The colonists on taking possession of their land shall obligate themselves to begin cultivating some of the following articles: rice, corn, beans, coffee, cacao, vanilla, rubber, cotton, hemp, etc.

From Guatemala, the country of the future by Pepper, Charles M.

No law obligates these companies to report the full scope of their water use, both direct and indirect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

The put sale offsets the expense of the call spread, though it obligates investors to buy the S&P 500 ETF at a lower price.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

These courts stuck with the rulebook, which obligates them to follow precedent until it’s formally overturned.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2025

And while she said her oath ethically obligates her to defend these children, she doesn’t know how the office will survive in its current form if payments don’t come in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

"It further obligates us to aid each other to the utmost of our ability in recovering stolen property, in case any of us should meet with such a misfortune."

From Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival by Addison, Alvin

That’s because management is giving itself a target it feels obligated to meet, even if factors outside its control interfere with the quest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

In other words, Folayan concludes, the Pasha’s reaction was logical: Since the Americans had not fulfilled their contract, he did not consider himself obligated to fulfill his.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Under the old rule, the U.N. had to credit countries for unspent money using a formula based on how much a nation was obligated to contribute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

“Was I legally obligated to do so? No. But I never felt I was entitled to the money in those accounts,” she wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

In other words, Haupt would be obligated to the German government.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

A “phase one” trade deal signed in early 2020 addressed neither of those points, instead obligating China to buy more soybeans from American farmers—something Beijing largely failed to fulfill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

If you recall the myth, you may be able to guess that he’s another loved one Dream condemns to suffering, obligating the supreme being to apologize yet again.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2025

It went on to say that state law gives top priority to lawsuits against a city’s general plan, obligating the court to hold a hearing within 120 days if requested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

But the GAO said Congress was within its rights to demand a timeline for obligating the money.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

If that be true, we may well pause before obligating ourselves to make them our concern.

From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence