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You won’t owe capital-gains tax until you sell the ETF.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Two recommended replacing the entire roof but said I would still owe nearly $5,000 beyond ACME’s payment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
“I owe it to my children to truthfully document what they and I have endured,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the team's latest work, the newly identified superconductors, YRu3B2 and LuRu3B2, owe their properties to electrons forming flat bands within a kagome lattice, a geometric arrangement inspired by traditional Japanese basket weaving patterns.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
“You made me promise not to get rid of that half-dead stump of a plant, so you owe me a promise too.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
For example, someone who owes a contractor $2,000 might reach for their checkbook if they don’t have that much cash and want to avoid a credit-card fee.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
A machine can also tell a taxpayer what he owes and why, in plain English, in a minute, saving hours if not days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
He says he owes his career to the tiny but "raucous" gigs he'd play with Jools Holland in 1970s London.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Dave & Buster’s owes its existence to the pursuit of pleasure.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
He still owes me from our basketball game, but I don’t say anything.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
The amount of money owed to energy suppliers by customers is at a record high of £4.79bn, up 15% in a year.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The average American household with revolving credit-card debt owed $10,895 as of March 2026, according to NerdWallet.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
A group of Hackman Capital’s lenders led by Deutsche Bank filed a notice of default last month, saying they’re owed more than $357 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
If the loan is not fully repaid after 25 years, whatever is still owed is cancelled.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
I thought often of what I owed and to whom.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Many people, he has said, can't go out for a pint on a Friday, can't take the kids out, and can't go on holiday owing to the pressure on their finances.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Free cash flow fell to $1.53 billion in the second quarter, from $2.27 billion a year earlier, owing in part to tax payments from its Warner termination fee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The dollar extended losses against its peers owing to the lower expectations for a US rate hike.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Onion is seeking a license to operate Infowars as a parody site while right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ company faces liquidation for owing Sandy Hook families over $1 billion in defamation damages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
White, already suspicious of the Shouns owing to the missing bullet in the Anna Brown case, began to question each person who had been in the room with Bill.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
