Sentence examples for is on the hook for from inspiring English sources

If two players, Blake Griffin and Paul, now account for the team's new cachet, one man, Donald Sterling, is on the hook for the last 30 seasons of futility.

In his recent confirmation hearing to be the next leader of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, the central banker of Italy, warned that no one really knows who is on the hook for these risky financial instruments.

"Whenever there is a disbursement to a Greece program or a Portuguese program, Germany is on the hook for roughly one quarter of the bill," said Mr. Weinberg of High Frequency Economics.

Whole Foods Market, perhaps the most expansionary grocer on the planet, is on the hook for 66 new stores between now and 2012, each one bigger than the last.

Now the taxpayer is on the hook for those losses.

This is not all BP is on the hook for.

"And the club is on the hook for what workers' compensation doesn't pay".

It is on the hook for Spain's transgressions as well as for its own.

And Citi is on the hook for billions-worth of loans for leveraged buyouts.

So the taxpayer is on the hook for the remedial work.

There has been a lot of speculation about who is on the hook for those options.