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Example sentences for: owes

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"Russia means to be taken seriously, and the US owes it that respect," the Straits Times said.
George W. Bush says he's "troubled" that Putin owes his popularity to the Chechen war.
Lauding his "13 intrepid colleagues who have marched into the jaws of death," Hyde declared, "The Senate owes us a trial."
Well, there's superpower envy, of course, but also, the Post suggests, Russia would like Iraq to be in a position to pay back some of the millions it still owes from years of military sponsorship, and Moscow is also interested in developing some of Iraq's oil resources.
Even the name of the country, France , owes its name (as does England ) to a Germanic tribe.