lend
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In return, Mexico has agreed to lend another priceless document, the Codex Boturini, to France for display there.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It is not his first out-of-state trip to lend a hand in campaigns, but likely one of his last as governor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Central banks can more easily lend their gold there to other banking institutions," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Infrastructure doesn’t lend itself to project-by-project ROI calculations, which is part of why the ROI question misfires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
When Isabella runs off to class, Julia says, “You know, Is didn’t have to lend you her top.”
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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Honesty has always been Griffin’s superpower, and in this new chapter it lends her the air of a happy warrior.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Like Smyth, he believes Northern Ireland lends itself perfectly to film-making.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The strong presence of mosquito remains also lends support to the idea that prey carcasses may sometimes have been stored in ponds or marshy environments, where mosquitoes would have laid their eggs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
“They write songs about so many different emotions, so it really lends itself when you’re building a story,” Kirk said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The nice thing about the constant threat of expulsion at Culver Creek is that it lends excitement to every moment of illicit pleasure.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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Marr had lent it to Noel Gallagher during early recording sessions for Oasis' album Definitely Maybe.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“I’ve contributed economically and lent my labor to this great country.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Thomas Bachellerie, who used to manage a games shop in Lyon, warned that second-hand sales sometimes made up almost a third of stores' turnover -- a problem since digital games "cannot be resold or lent".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
A separate insurer that is owned by Amistad, named EquiTrust, also lent large sums to vehicles tied to the other three intermediaries, according to corporate filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
He had forgotten he had ever lent them to me.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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China will announce its benchmark lending rates, while Bank Indonesia holds a rate-setting meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
To extend the reach of its global lending, the World Bank is increasingly turning to help from an outside ally: the private sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Major US banks JP Morgan, KeyCorp, and BNY all raised their prime lending rate on Wednesday to 7% from 6.75%, which will affect rates charged on credit cards and personal loans.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
But can I take advantage this apparent arbitrage opportunity to make some easy money by borrowing from a bank at 0% and then lending to Uncle Sam at 4.7% a year?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
The entire subprime mortgage lending machine—including his own employer, Deutsche Bank—pulled on one end of the rope, while he, Greg Lippmann, hauled back on the other.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 17
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