recoup
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But the department store is seeking to recoup costs from the estate, according to Harrods and lawyers involved in the negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Arsenal had considered listening to offers for Lewis-Skelly, with club sources indicating in April they would look to recoup a minimum combined £100m for Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
In an effort to recoup what they’ve lost, they took to the fundraising platform GoFundMe to raise approximately $28,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The second attempt came earlier this summer with “Masters of the Universe,” which was met with mixed reviews and failed to recoup its production budget at the box office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
He is desperate for his paintings to sell—they are selling some, but many more have to sell so that Theo can recoup all the money he's laid out for Vincent over the years.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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If a dental practice underdelivers – classed as below 96% of the contract value – the NHS then recoups money from practices the following year.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
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
Usually, she said, the agent pays that fee and recoups it once you sell.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 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
Big budget films like The Marvels and The Thunderbolts recouped their production costs but were among the studio's lowest-grossing films.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
They recouped just over half of the cost, $11,000, from their native plant wedding registry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 51.96, or 0.2%,to 25870.65, as beaten-down semiconductor stocks recouped some losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Disney's Pixar films have historically recouped their budgets - often comfortably - with many titles bringing in three times as much as they cost to make and promote.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
It is as though one took a jewel from the other, and the loser recouped the loss with a stone.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
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
These forced timeouts applied to single stocks came after the so-called flash crash in 2010, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 700 points in eight minutes before recouping much of the loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
Shares in BMW jumped as much as 7.4% in European morning trading, recouping part of their year-to-date losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Re-outfitted thus, Mr. Splurge without fear Began as Lord Splurge his recouping career.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
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