mortgaged

past tense of mortgage
as in committed
to obligate by prior agreement I've mortgaged all my free time this week to the hospice and won't be able to come to the party

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Recent Examples of mortgaged Others see it as a money grab in which the country is being mortgaged in the name of fighting criminal gangs. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025 Masha confesses to an affair with married army officer Vershinin (James Lewis), while Andrey admits to having mortgaged the family home, without his sisters’ consent, to pay his gambling debts. Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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  • And who committed the crimes remains a mystery.
    Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Terranea has been committed to protecting wildlife habitats and enhancing local water quality.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
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  • Venezuela's top brass pledged allegiance to Maduro, but there is likely to be burgeoning concern in the military ranks about the impact of Western sanctions and embargos, weapons pipelines and maintenance issues, Solar said.
    Ellie Cook John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In an apparent show of confidence in the world’s largest offshore wind developer, Norwegian oil giant Equinor pledged almost $1 billion of fresh capital to participate in Orsted’s rights issue.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Mortgaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortgaged. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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