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The Pentagon currently estimates the fiscal cost of the war so far at around $29 billion, mostly reflecting expended munitions.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Rangers folk have expended an awful lot of time and emotion analysing Chermiti since his £8m signing and the verdicts have been damning.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Cartridge casings recovered near the Utah crime scene were matched through a federal database to an expended casing previously found during a search of Buzzard’s home in Vandenberg Village.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

More fundamentally, as AI handles routine cognitive work, the remaining human contribution shifts toward judgment, creativity and relationship management—the value of which bears little relationship to time expended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Still, he couldn’t force himself to wake up - not after the amount of energy he’d expended on shadow-travel.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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