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• Why should the innocent owner be on the hook for the cost?
  — Daryl James, National Review, 28 May 2024
• Another team would pick him up and leave the Sox on the hook for his salary.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• Drivers will be on the hook for costs that exceed $250.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• The city’s general fund will be on the hook for 10 percent of charges.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
• Given those numbers, the city would be on the hook for $14 million.
  — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
• If there are problems, the firm is on the hook for overages or other costs.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
• Being on the hook for $22 million to a 33-year-old Caldwell-Pope could come back to bite.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 30 June 2024
• The funding is a fraction of the money the companies could have been on the hook for under the bill.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
• The New York Yankees are on the hook for the remainder of the $19 million owed Hicks this season and next.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• Regardless, the social media users were still on the hook for the money.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2024
• Insurers are often on the hook for much of those costs, leading them to raise their rates.
  — Lawrence Ulrich, New York Times, 3 July 2023
• The Vikings are on the hook for Reagor’s contract and forked over compensation to acquire him.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• Even if the theft is covered by insurance, car owners are still on the hook for the deductible.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• Grande will also be on the hook for some of Gomez’s attorney fees, and the pair will split net proceeds from the sale of their LA home 50-50.
  — Glamour, 3 Dec. 2024
• Instead, the move prompted a number of unauthorized charges that Deaver may now be on the hook for.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
• The artist is still on the hook for a separate drug trafficking case stemming from 2022.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2024
• The treasurer’s office is on the hook for those debts, whether the state took possession of the money last year or decades ago.
  — Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2023
• In San Jose, this left the city on the hook for more money than anticipated.
  — Calmatters, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024
• Anyone can add expenses, see who’s on the hook for what, and settle up, as no one person is in charge of the group.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 14 Nov. 2023
• City lawyers say Anchorage is on the hook for the millions in construction work.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Customers are on the hook for repaying the loans, and the payback period could stretch for as long as 30 years.
  — Jennifer Hiller, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2022
• The Padres remain on the hook for the vast majority of Hosmer’s contract.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
• That means taxpayers could be on the hook for billions of dollars in wages for millions of man-hours not worked.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• But those drivers are still on the hook for MCCA deficit recoupment fees.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2023
• Even while prison terms are being handed down, Ohioans remain on the hook for propping up two 1950s-era coal plants.
  — Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
• The state and county have committed up to $850 million in public money, and the team is on the hook for the balance and all cost overruns.
  — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2024
• Bronfman or any suitor able to top Skydance, would be on the hook for that fee if successful.
  — Sara Fischer, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
• Now that homebuyers are on the hook for paying agent commissions, some ask: Is this worth it?
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024
• But that still leaves taxpayers on the hook for almost $100 million in those tax credits.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• Now, homeowners are on the hook for finding off-grid alternatives, as well as paying to fix damage to their homes.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024