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However, the higher rates go and the longer they stay elevated, the more damage the sector is likely to incur, especially as nervousness likely builds ahead of earnings season.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Maxx now incur fees that range from $4.95 to $11.99.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
Tech scion David Ellison’s company wants the coalition of 12 states and the WGA to cover the ‘ticking fees’ that Paramount could incur due to Warner deal delays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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
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If LA28 incurs massive financial losses, the city would cover the first $270 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
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 sale helps Occidental reduce its net debt but eliminates a diversifying asset and incurs a significant $1.7 billion tax bite.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 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
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Lauren Meadows, whose videos about motherhood have earned her 256,000 followers on TikTok, has posted several about medical debt she incurred from baby deliveries and hospital stays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
According to Barb's most recent accounts, for the period up to September 2025, it incurred a £36.2m loss and had £10.5m in net assets.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank was suspended without pay for six months for “his involvement with the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for approving impermissible expenses incurred by Mr. Leonard and his family.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
But EDL, charged with maintaining the grid, is tackling large debts incurred during the expansion and due to consumer subsidies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
I went to Uncle Clark, knowing that he had incurred expense in bringing me here, that he had thought he was helping me, that he had bought my clothes and books.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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“So, I’m doing the company a double disservice by incurring a cost for something I don’t believe in.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Three major airlines -- JetBlue, United and American -- issued travel alerts allowing passengers to change their flights without incurring fees.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
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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