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Recent Examples of beholden
Trending Here was a child who used the sun of muggy summers to illuminate a dim Game Boy screen, beholden only to the rule of cool.
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Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
The growing reliance on federal Medicaid-expansion dollars creates a dangerous cycle in which states become increasingly beholden ...
—Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 22 Dec. 2024
Already inclined to listen to Tehran, Damascus has now become thoroughly beholden.
—Reuel Marc Gerecht, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2023
Apologizing for playing a part in your feeling so beholden.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
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Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
The growing reliance on federal Medicaid-expansion dollars creates a dangerous cycle in which states become increasingly beholden ...
—Gary D. Alexander, National Review, 22 Dec. 2024
Already inclined to listen to Tehran, Damascus has now become thoroughly beholden.
—Reuel Marc Gerecht, Foreign Affairs, 7 Sep. 2023
Apologizing for playing a part in your feeling so beholden.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beholden
indebted
Adjective
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Evergrande was the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, with over $300 billion owed to banks and bondholders, when the court handed down a liquidation order in January 2024.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted real estate firm, said Tuesday it will be delisted from Hong Kong’s stock exchange, a landmark moment in China’s yearslong property crisis.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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