on the hook
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The family said it’s raising money because Garcia has no health insurance and is on the hook for thousands of dollars in hospital bills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
If there is a sharp downturn, governments could be on the hook for tens of billions of dollars or more in costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The company is on the hook to pay around $450 billion in cloud computing agreements over the next seven to ten years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
She did not gloat, though Lord Peter was on the hook, and our whole world knew it now.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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