afford
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Microfinance aimed to foster prosperity but stoked hardship for those borrowers who took on debt they couldn’t afford.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The point is that you don’t know, and if you’re in retirement or approaching it, you can’t afford to find out with money you’ll need to live on.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
“You might not be able to afford to spend hundreds of dollars on an unknown, but here you can try everything and might find something you never knew you would love.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But people couldn't afford to get things repaired, Cohen says.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Despite my many protests of a weak stomach, Mom argued that we couldn’t afford takeout and insisted we tough it out.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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