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The indebted retailers say New York should shift to a model like Illinois, where officials have issued nearly $28 million in forgivable loans to cannabis businesses at 4 percent interest.
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Ashley Southall, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Of course, Sullivan is deeply indebted to Crosby, too.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Owens wrote that his client didn’t seek out a criminal lifestyle but became indebted to a criminal organization that paid his ransom after he was kidnapped and tortured.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
The Brokenwood Mysteries is an interesting concoction: a pleasing throwback to cop dramas and murder mysteries of the 1970s that feels particularly indebted to American influences, but which often steps out into new terrain.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 1 June 2025
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Ashley Southall, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Of course, Sullivan is deeply indebted to Crosby, too.
—Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Owens wrote that his client didn’t seek out a criminal lifestyle but became indebted to a criminal organization that paid his ransom after he was kidnapped and tortured.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
The Brokenwood Mysteries is an interesting concoction: a pleasing throwback to cop dramas and murder mysteries of the 1970s that feels particularly indebted to American influences, but which often steps out into new terrain.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 1 June 2025
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“Indebted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indebted. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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