How to Use owe it to in a Sentence

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• High-income countries owe it to the rest of the world to lead the way in this.
  — Pratap Khedkar, STAT, 28 July 2022
• Those are the limits you’re entitled to set and owe it to yourself to hold.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
• Providers owe it to patients to consider if less really is more.
  — Elsa Pearson Sites, STAT, 8 Nov. 2023
• Suffice to say, the Panthers owe it to themselves to see it all the way through with Young.
  — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• There is no music without Maestro, so these people really all owe it to me!
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 10 May 2024
• There are no easy answers, but our political leaders owe it to us to work on these painful uncertainties now.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
• Do the Blazers owe it to Lillard to fulfill his very specific request?
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 6 July 2023
• But leaders in Caracas and Washington owe it to Venezuelans to try.
  — Francisco Rodríguez, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
• If the price is still right, Twitter’s board could owe it to shareholders to bite the bullet on a lesser valuation.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 13 May 2022
• But, on the other hand, journalists also owe it to their audiences to deliver them a clear-eyed assessment of the state of affairs.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
• Leaders owe it to all stakeholders, including workers, to make the best policy decisions.
  — Johnny C. Taylor, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022
• But once they have been elected, federal, state and local officials owe it to kids, their parents and their neighbors to fight this most invisible of all hazards.
  — Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2024
• Instead of calling in police and security forces to suppress protest, university leaders owe it to students to engage with them.
  — Eddie R. Cole / Made By History, TIME, 4 June 2024
• The data is easily accessible, and homebuyers owe it to themselves to take it seriously.
  — Daryl Fairweather, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• So if that candidate is coaching in the Super Bowl, as Steichen is, the Colts could owe it to themselves and their scars to wait out the process this time.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2023
• Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan owe it to the other 52 guys in the locker room to prioritize winning over Lance’s development.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022
• But the Patriots also owe it to themselves to take a swing and try to add a couple of players before Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline.
  — Chad Graff, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• The Panthers owe it to themselves to evaluate Young for a long stretch in a system much more dynamic than last year’s hodgepodge while playing behind a competent offensive line.
  — Joseph Person, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
• Politicians in Washington and statehouses around the country owe it to their constituents to create an environment where these and other businesses solving big problems can thrive.
  — Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
• This year, casual party games are extremely popular — owe it to families gathering again after distancing because of the pandemic.
  — Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2022
• Ohio’s legislators owe it to the voters of their state and the people of the nation to come together and pass a simple fix to this state election law and give Ohio voters the chance to reject Joe Biden fair and square.
  — The Editors, National Review, 28 May 2024
• Beyond connecting and engaging at a personal level, leaders owe it to their teams and organizations to help their teams understand that, with mutual accountability, everyone can play their part to get things done.
  — Maria Ross, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
• But with a playoff spot in the East there for the taking, and no guarantee that the McLellan bounce will be a long-term effect, doesn’t Yzerman owe it to his exceedingly patient fan base to finally take the next step?
  — Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
• Following Casey’s appointment as archbishop, a column published in The Pillar, a popular Catholic news site on Substack, argued that Casey and other church leaders owe it to their flocks to be more transparent about what happened at Casa Jesus.
  — Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025