How to Use owe it in a Sentence

owe it

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• Debt doesn't just disappear because the person who owed it has died, but what about the interest charges?
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
• Huang answered the question at the center of this fight, which is whether paying the tax would actually hurt the people who owe it.
  — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
• Michigan owes it to everyone, including Manuel, to be transparent about what the investigation found.
  — Austin Meek, New York Times, 18 July 2026
• But his resume looks oddly familiar to the guy who is doing just that in Bloomington, and one of these programs that is looking to zig while everyone else zags owes it to their fans to try something different.
  — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
• Saint Alphonsus filed a complaint against Tehum over the Texas Two Step maneuver in early February 2023, alleging that the company owed it $2 million.
  — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026
• Civil rights and criminal justice experts interviewed by the Observer say the police owe it to the community to do a thorough investigation and offer transparency, given the history of Black people being lynched in the South.
  — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026