owe

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Recent Examples of owe During Anderson's life, he was known to owe a man a hefty amount of money. Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025 All told, about 90% of home sales generate less than $500,000 in gains, so the overwhelming majority of sellers already owe no tax. Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025 Two of the three components of the Little Rock apartment complex are in foreclosure proceedings because two limited partnerships tied to the housing authority and its affiliated nonprofit owe more than $5 million because of loans issued in 2019. Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2025 Many will owe money; others will be due a refund. Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for owe
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ignore
Verb
  • Premier League football in the 2000s could be dramatic and explosive, but what the nostalgia for that era ignores is the number of dour, sterile games there were, many of them settled by a goal from a set piece.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • At some point, the truth becomes impossible to ignore.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Owe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owe. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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