bear the cost

Because Seoul and Pyongyang know that they can't bear the cost of a full-blown war, Prof Nam said, "the likelihood of actually using nuclear weapons is low".

It’s the public, not the companies, that would “bear the cost of any failure.”

Harris has called Trump’s plans to greatly expand tariffs a tax on consumers, who economists say bear the cost of such policies.

Mazda has halted the shipments of some cars and said it will bear the cost to its suppliers.

Who would naturally be the ones talking about Big Food’s responsibility, perhaps even proposing that Big Food should bear the cost of these wildly expensive and effective drugs?