How to Use on the hook for in a Sentence

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• Parents would still be on the hook for the rest of the costs over the next two decades.
  — Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
• Plenty, and a faulty adapter could leave you on the hook for damage to both.
  — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
• Plenty, and a faulty adapter could leave you on the hook for damage to both.
  — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
• If there are problems, the firm is on the hook for overages or other costs.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
• And, remember, the co-signer is on the hook for the debt, too.
  — David McMillin, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025
• Another team would pick him up and leave the Sox on the hook for his salary.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• The state is on the hook for the next $270 million after the city.
  — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
• The city would not be on the hook for bond payments under the proposal.
  — Ilana Arougheti july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
• The university is on the hook for the balance of project costs.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
• Insurers are often on the hook for much of those costs, leading them to raise their rates.
  — Lawrence Ulrich, New York Times, 3 July 2023
• The city’s general fund will be on the hook for 10 percent of charges.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
• The city is still on the hook for $5 million a year to pay off the debt to construct the arena.
  — John Tuohy, IndyStar, 22 July 2025
• Given those numbers, the city would be on the hook for $14 million.
  — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
• That was a win for Netflix, which could have been on the hook for millions of dollars.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
• The team is on the hook for game-day costs, while the county will foot the bill for non-game-day expenses.
  — Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
• Even if the theft is covered by insurance, car owners are still on the hook for the deductible.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• Regardless, the social media users were still on the hook for the money.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2024
• That means taxpayers could be on the hook for billions of dollars in wages for millions of man-hours not worked.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• The funding is a fraction of the money the companies could have been on the hook for under the bill.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
• Losses could put the tech firms on the hook for billions of dollars in damages and force them to change their platforms.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
• Losses could put the tech firms on the hook for billions of dollars in damages and force them to change their platforms.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
• Chicago taxpayers are on the hook for those legacy payments.
  — John Cullerton, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
• Plus, the team is on the hook for Watson's ridiculous contract, which includes a full no-trade clause.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
• Anyone can add expenses, see who’s on the hook for what, and settle up, as no one person is in charge of the group.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2023
• City lawyers say Anchorage is on the hook for the millions in construction work.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023
• The cost has soared to roughly $200 million, with taxpayers on the hook for half.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
• Instead, the move prompted a number of unauthorized charges that Deaver may now be on the hook for.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
• The pair remains on the hook for $452 million in joint restitution.
  — Dan Primack, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
• The treasurer’s office is on the hook for those debts, whether the state took possession of the money last year or decades ago.
  — Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2023
• Regardless, the Rockies are on the hook for Bryant’s contract.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025