afford
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Despite holding vast strategic reserves, it can ill afford a protracted interruption in supply.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Take these 3 steps now to help you afford it later.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
And the industry can afford to: It has more than $650 billion in what Stifel calls “comfortable” M&A firepower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
During our undercover filming we found that supplies were often missing on the wards, and that patients who could afford liquid paracetamol were told to bring their own.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 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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