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incur

[in-kur] / ɪnˈkɜr /


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A laboratory could still buy the chips, complete the training run and incur most of the associated data-center expense.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 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

“Where overseas drivers incur tickets, we enforce as we would do with any other driver,” said Fergus Sheppard, a spokesman for Westminster council.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 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

But Chen wanted to incur thunderbolts during drought.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

“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 cost of so-called ship-to-ship transfers that are needed to conceal a cargo’s true origin has risen as everyone along the supply chain dealing with sanctioned oil incurs new costs and raises their prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

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

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

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

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

A government that will chase its own citizens for taxes incurred in 1999 has forfeited any argument that 1938 is too long ago to matter.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

It appeared that he had only stung the leg, not incurred a deeper injury.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

“An early Roth conversion strategy could be a compelling way to move assets into tax-free growth while incurring little or no federal income tax.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Mainly he had learned that he could, occasionally at least, jump from his cage and wander around without incurring any anger or injury.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien




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