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- verb Present participle of
indebt .
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Examples
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If I break my leg or lose my job I can count on support without indebting myself in the process or living on the street.
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If we are to change this pending environmental disaster we are bringing upon ourselves, we need to change our consciousness; we need to move away from consumerism and greed, constant growth and indebting ourselves to buy things we don't need.
Filippo Bozotti: Tribewanted Sierra Leone: 6 Months Later Filippo Bozotti 2011
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NO body cares about indebting our children when we pay terrorist trillions to fix their countries, Billions to foreign countries in aid, billions to finance rogue groups to fight their governments, billions to foreign government officials, billions lost or overcharged by American businesses.
State of the Union: Powell 'concerned' about Obama's agenda 2009
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The mayor then built a new townhall, a police station, and a firestation as monuments to himself by indebting the citizens of his newly expanded metropolis.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » I Thought I Was The Only Curmudgeon Who Obsessed Over This 2010
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If we are to change this pending environmental disaster we are bringing upon ourselves, we need to change our consciousness; we need to move away from consumerism and greed, constant growth and indebting ourselves to buy things we don't need.
Filippo Bozotti: Tribewanted Sierra Leone: 6 Months Later Filippo Bozotti 2011
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If we are to change this pending environmental disaster we are bringing upon ourselves, we need to change our consciousness; we need to move away from consumerism and greed, constant growth and indebting ourselves to buy things we don't need.
Filippo Bozotti: Tribewanted Sierra Leone: 6 Months Later Filippo Bozotti 2011
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He said a "no" vote "will save us from national bankruptcy in 2011 and avert us indebting future generations here in Iceland."
Iceland Rejects Icesave Debt Deal Associated Press 2011
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At this point in time, it must be recognized that the US is spending too much money, indebting itself needlessly.
Think Progress » Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy Views Divide Southern Republican Leadership Conference 2010
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If we are to change this pending environmental disaster we are bringing upon ourselves, we need to change our consciousness; we need to move away from consumerism and greed, constant growth and indebting ourselves to buy things we don't need.
Filippo Bozotti: Tribewanted Sierra Leone: 6 Months Later Filippo Bozotti 2011
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Rather than issuing "sovereign debt" -- federal bonds indebting the nation to pay at interest in perpetuity -- the government through the Commonwealth Bank issued "sovereign credit," the credit of the nation advanced to the government and its constituents.
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