recoup
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Canadian officials and Stellantis have been in talks for nearly a year, as Ottawa attempts to recoup the cash the government provided for Brampton retooling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
If the company was subsequently sold to a private buyer, the government would be able to recoup some taxpayer cash.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Another motion directs the city attorney to explore legal action against any responsible parties to recoup taxpayer dollars spent on the emergency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The tech giants buy or lease buildings and computing gear, then rent it out via their cloud operations to recoup what they spent over a period of a few years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Would she be able to organize, sketch, and gather enough specimens to recoup all the hard-earned money spent on this voyage?
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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The deal gives the U.S. the right to select where the money goes, and the U.S. would keep 90% of profits on the projects after Japan recoups its investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
But the economy typically recoups most of that lost activity after a shutdown ends, as it would after disruption caused by a natural disaster.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
The RSN recoups that by charging cable distributors a licensing amount to carry their channel in as many places as possible.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
Soto said as he stepped through his mud-streaked living room to his patio, adding that he plans to rebuild, no matter what he recoups from insurance policies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
The employer turns the circumstance to advantage, and recoups himself doubly for the inconveniences, that these disturbances put him to, with the payment of much lower wages.
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
Oil recouped some of its Monday losses to trade just shy of $85 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
They recouped just over half of the cost, $11,000, from their native plant wedding registry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
They said he faced an “unrecoverable loss” since the money likely couldn’t be recouped even if he eventually prevails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
After one of the largest one-day declines on record Monday, South Korea’s high-flying stock market recouped almost all of those losses Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
The admiral in command appears to have recouped after the error of two days ago, when that Polluxian detachment was so badly mauled.
From The Outbreak of Peace by Horace Brown Fyfe
The U.S. dollar rose against rivals, recouping initial losses as traders weighed the inflation outlook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
On Thursday, he said the underlying agreement on recouping the toll revenues between Canada and the state of Michigan remains in place.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
But that’s also what gives the movie its charm, especially considering it’s a big-budget studio production that never had a shot at recouping the studio’s investment, even if it were successful.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
Pretax profit dropped 29%, though the retailer said its performance rebounded in the second half and that it was recouping losses from last year’s cyberattack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
My grandfather, after the death of Monsieur Rennepont, by means of certain financial operations, succeeded, after some little time, in recouping the eight thousand crowns paid for the estate.
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue
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