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Recent Examples of beholden
But Netanyahu was beholden for his political future to the radical minority that supported it, and constantly catered to their whims.
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Yet there’s another genre to which Hill was and continued to be equally beholden, and that’s the Hollywood musical.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
Now, under intense pressure from City Hall, these 11 beholden board members want to throw a school system that has endured more than its share of chaos back into the financial maelstrom.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan became beholden when Baltimore County Council members, a Baltimore inspector general and a national organization of inspector generals publicly pressured the appointing authority to hire her.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2025
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Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Yet there’s another genre to which Hill was and continued to be equally beholden, and that’s the Hollywood musical.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
Now, under intense pressure from City Hall, these 11 beholden board members want to throw a school system that has endured more than its share of chaos back into the financial maelstrom.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan became beholden when Baltimore County Council members, a Baltimore inspector general and a national organization of inspector generals publicly pressured the appointing authority to hire her.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beholden
Adjective
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The spokesperson did not respond to specific questions including what the legal basis would be for rescinding obligated funding.—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted property developer, pleaded guilty to charges including misuse of funds, fundraising fraud and illegally taking public deposits, a court in China’s southern city of Shenzhen said.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026
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Evergrande was the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer with more than $300 billion in liabilities when a Hong Kong court handed down a liquidation order in 2024.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Beholden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beholden. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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