recoup
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Rob added that the idea that he might face "another battle" to recoup the tax through compensation made it feel like "you just want to give up".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Because grid costs are shared, other electricity customers would be left to pick up the tab—and help a utility recoup its investment—if a data-center project falls through.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The measure also calls for the new state fund to establish regulations that would allow it to recoup part of its investments while not damaging innovation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Jeep-maker Stellantis has been racing to introduce new models and recoup market share it shed in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
It had begun to hit him, now that he had gotten back; he wondered if he would be able to recoup enough for the job ahead.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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The index recoups some losses premarket, as Nasdaq futures gain 0.45%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 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
The potential alliance would give it the bulk of OpenAI’s profits until it recoups its investment, and Microsoft would own nearly half of the A.I. start-up.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Afterwards a small assessment is levied on the villagers, of a 'pice' or two 'pice' each, about a halfpenny of our money, and which recoups the putwarree for his outlay.
From Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter by James Inglis
But with this particular ETF, missed coupons may be recouped should the reference asset climb back above the barrier, Staudt noted.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Carmichael said "liabilities that the government will face in the short-term" could be recouped by a future sale of Thames Water once its finances and performance are back on track.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
European stock indexes were in green across the board, as banks and AI-linked stocks recouped some of the week’s losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
City have recouped more than £250m from selling young players over the past five years alone.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
He had recouped himself for the overcharge on the cup of tea.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes
Chemical sales also were up strongly, recouping weakness in July, thanks mainly to high prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Monday’s launch is also Starship’s first revenue-generating flight, which will allow SpaceX to begin recouping some of the $15 billion-plus it has spent on the rocket.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
But representatives for landlords say doing so would leave them with few desirable options for recouping the cost of utilities and would hurt conservation efforts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
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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