liable to

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If temperatures dropped quickly below minus 20C, or sometimes minus 30C, the water in the pipes was liable to freeze, cracking the pipes and ruining the whole system.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Revenues at €8.8 billion were also better than the €8.7 billion the street expected and, in a note published after the release by Jefferies analyst Janardan Menon, this is liable to push estimates “modestly” higher.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Mice exposed to prebirth stress, for instance, are liable to evince stress-related consequences as adults, and to some extent their offspring might inherit these consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Groshen says that those who sign a memorandum of understanding would be considered BLS agents, making any violations liable to prosecution under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Repairs, except what you could do for yourself, had to be sanctioned by remote committees which were liable to hold up even the mending of a window pane for two years.

From "1984" by George Orwell