owe

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The 76ers management countered with “We Owe You One”—a motto that clung to the team like body odor for the next five seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

As he put it in a recent book, “What We Owe the Future,” the idea is that “positively influencing the future is a key moral imperative of our time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

But his latest book, “What We Owe the Future,” became a best seller after it was published in August.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2022

On Sunday’s episode, Lizzie will host a mini-debate between William MacAskill, author of the new book What We Owe the Future, and journalist Robert Wright about “longtermism” vs. “short-termism.”

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2022

Owe rhymes with low, we learned, for a reason.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz