saddle
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There’s also been concern that the borrowing blitz results in overbuilding that could saddle debt investors with big losses.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The delay could saddle Paramount, the smallest of the major media companies, with substantial legal fees and hundreds of millions of dollars in added deal costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Rather than saddle an existing agency with additional duties, Congress delegated rulemaking and enforcement power to a private corporation known as the Horseracing Authority.
From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2026
Visitors can also rent a bicycle and enjoy 15 miles of paths, saddle up for a trail ride or wander through the Sea Pines Forest Preserve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
She let go of his reins, draping them over the high front of the saddle, and clicked her tongue.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
In truth, it undermines program integrity, eliminates key consumer protections, forces consumers into choices that are not to their benefit and saddles states with higher costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
He has the chance to change that as he saddles up with a familiar partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
You could see details in saddles and costumes, and the building were still extant.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
On Saturday, Larry Demeritte will be just the second since 1951 and 17th overall when he saddles long shot West Saratoga.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
Already the companies were preparing to start: men were tightening girths, looking to saddles, caressing their horses; some gazed uneasily at the lowering sky.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Hui built Evergrande into one of China’s biggest residential developers, which saddled itself with massive debt and eventually defaulted on its bonds in late 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The disruption can interrupt care and leave people saddled with medical bills they cannot afford.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
The refund rule had saddled the U.N. with mounting obligations: the U.S. was owed refunds on money it never paid while China paid so late some years its money couldn’t be spent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Supreme Court established the right to an attorney in state court criminal proceedings, California has saddled its counties with the responsibility of providing lawyers to poor people accused of crimes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
But how on earth can I pursue my investigation if I’m saddled with work in this peculiar mansion?
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Oldfield says: "How do we shore the business up into a place that's right for them to come into without saddling them with a lot of debt?"
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
What happens next may hit everyone who dreams of saddling a dragon squarely in the chest.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
Elsewhere, utilities have found unique ways to profit off the data center boom without saddling their regular customers with high bills.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
The status quo was saddling administrators with long hours without extra pay amid increasing bureaucratic compliance demands as well as heightened pressure to raise test scores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
The tutor's cheeks, swelling with anger, almost unhorsed the small spectacles saddling his nose.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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