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
• Soon, Leal was on the hook for dozens of tortillas a week.
  — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
• Why should the innocent owner be on the hook for the cost?
  — Daryl James, National Review, 28 May 2024
• Another team would pick him up and leave the Sox on the hook for his salary.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• Drivers will be on the hook for costs that exceed $250.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 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
• Runner-up Texas could be on the hook for some $68 billion.
  — Annie Nova,greg Iacurci, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
• Given those numbers, the city would be on the hook for $14 million.
  — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
• The team is on the hook for all cost overruns beyond $1.4 billion.
  — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2025
• 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
• If there are problems, the firm is on the hook for overages or other costs.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
• That was a win for Netflix, which could have been on the hook for millions of dollars.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
• Being on the hook for $22 million to a 33-year-old Caldwell-Pope could come back to bite.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 30 June 2024
• 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
• The New York Yankees are on the hook for the remainder of the $19 million owed Hicks this season and next.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• The cost has soared to roughly $200 million, with taxpayers on the hook for half.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
• The pair remains on the hook for $452 million in joint restitution.
  — Dan Primack, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
• Boston taxpayers are already on the hook for about $100 million, for the city’s half of the project.
  — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
• 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
• Regardless, the social media users were still on the hook for the money.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2024
• Regardless, the Rockies are on the hook for Bryant’s contract.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
• The Army also will be on the hook for any damage done to roads in Maryland and Washington.
  — Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 12 June 2025
• 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 Vikings are on the hook for Reagor’s contract and forked over compensation to acquire him.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Grande will also be on the hook for some of Gomez’s attorney fees, and the pair will split net proceeds from the sale of their LA home 50-50.
  — Glamour, 3 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Even if he is picked by Seattle, or any other team, the Yankees remain on the hook for the vast bulk of that money.
  — Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
• The artist is still on the hook for a separate drug trafficking case stemming from 2022.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2024
• Railroad station managers, now on the hook for red cap salaries, responded with mass layoffs and a speed-up enforced by a network of spies.
  — Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025