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The London Chamber of Commerce, which represents 12,000 businesses said small firms could not afford uncertainty over tax and regulation.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
"Imports have become far more expensive for the local market," said Rajmohan Pillai, who runs a cashew firm, adding buyers can now afford only about 90 percent of last year's volumes.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Many U.S. farmers grow corn and soybeans together and can’t afford for soybeans to lose value even if corn becomes more desirable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
But the cash-strapped county government said it simply cannot afford the estimated $70 million the new lines would cost.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Few Russian women who became pilots in the Soviet Union’s state-sponsored clubs in the 1980s and early 1990s can afford to fly as private citizens now that the Soviet Union no longer exists.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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