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incur

[in-kur] / ɪnˈkɜr /


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Of course, as so many 19th-century paintings capture, left out of this telling is that Orestes’ crimes incur the Furies’ wrath.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2026

At the same time, it “doesn’t mean you can’t incur business expenses that you enjoy,” he added.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Please provide an itemized list of all costs I will incur, including underlying fund fees and expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Even if the tariff money were specifically directed at debt service, it wouldn’t have done much to defray the roughly $1 trillion in interest the government will incur this year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Considering that Dorus makes a little over a thousand guilders a year, it’s a huge expense for the Van Gogh family, one Dorus will later incur for Theo and Cor as well.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

"But as any sailor knows, the longer a ship is out to sea, the more problems it incurs and the harder the days become for those onboard," he added.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

“To the extent he inadvertently incurs exposure to those industries through third-party managers or liquid legacy investments, Tom will donate all profits to charity.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2026

The company is continuing to face margin pressure as it works on turnaround-related investments and incurs more tariff costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

The regulations state: "A team will have one point deducted from its points total for each penalty over it incurs."

From BBC Jul. 16, 2025

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

Then owned by Toshiba, it incurred billions of dollars in cost overruns related to the planned construction of four nuclear reactors in the southeastern U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

That’s why past rulings said one plywood manufacturer couldn’t write off Super Bowl tickets but a struggling fashion designer could deduct the costs incurred with a local television appearance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Yet over time, the project incurred an astonishing $880 million in change orders, swamping the original $1.95-billion cost estimate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

He was later released on a $5,000 bond, which paired with the $1,000 bond he was already out on for a harassment charge he incurred in Montgomery County on Nov. 18, 2025.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

The king’s men had incurred Stannis’s ire on Dragonstone if the talk Jon heard was true.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The exemption, known as the de minimis rule, had helped Shein and rival Temu grow rapidly as it allowed packages worth less than $800 to enter the US without incurring import duties.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Paramount is incurring considerable legal fees and deal-related costs.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The hedge-fund firm Situational Awareness is down around 67% in July after incurring heavy losses on AI stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

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

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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