incur
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Gomez-Cardona said the data show that average healthcare spending remains relatively stable because many retirees incur modest costs, while a smaller share of retirees face exceptionally large medical expenses that skew the distribution.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The company expects to incur additional costs related to the incident in future periods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Retirees with passive income may incur substantial fees and undergo rigorous vetting to gain approval to secure the home they want.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
GitLab expects to incur around $30 million to $35 million in restructuring costs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
It’s the same look that makes the other seventh graders flee into the nearest classroom before they can incur the wrath of Principal Powell.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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According to Fifa regulations, a red card "automatically incurs suspension from the subsequent match" but the governing body "may impose additional match suspensions and other disciplinary measures".
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Encrypting and decrypting your traffic as you go about your online business incurs a cost, resulting in a speed hit on your connection.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
CDs are typically less flexible because withdrawing funds before maturity often incurs a penalty.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
The key drawback to the strategy is that selling the stock incurs a capital gain, and few investors like paying capital-gains taxes, even if it makes sense from a risk-management perspective.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Also, even if a dangler is in no danger of being misinterpreted, enough readers have trained themselves to spot danglers that a writer who leaves it incurs the risk of being judged as slovenly.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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But in the letter to GKN executives, the county argued that the donation did not absolve the company of liability or of costs incurred by taxpayers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Reinecke incurred a slight injury to her right hand, but her mother was hit by the blown-out glass.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Travel insurance is unlikely to cover the cost of new flights, hotels or any other losses incurred as a result of delays caused by EES queues, the Association of British Insurers says.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Iraq, in particular, has asked the cartel to raise production quotas to make up for the shortfall it incurred during the war in the Middle East, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said in late June.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
It appeared that he had only stung the leg, not incurred a deeper injury.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Rather than send wheat to Minneapolis to be processed, incurring high transportation costs, farmers and the state banded together to form the North Dakota Mill, the only state-owned mill in the United States.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
With his back against the wall, Walt decided to rerelease “Snow White” in theaters, seven years after its 1937 debut—hoping to generate income without incurring new production expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
For more than a decade, the U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Iran sought a threshold nuclear capability, securing the strategic advantages of a nuclear power without incurring the costs of openly pursuing a bomb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
After incurring the cost of removing a healthy tree, however, Adam indicated that this additional expense would affect the amount he was willing to contribute.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
It occurred to me that I could not remain where I was for long without incurring the risk of an oncoming vehicle coming round that same bend and colliding into my employer's Ford.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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