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• This isn’t the first prank to go viral at the expense of young kids.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2023
• The past is important, but not at the expense of the present.
  — Marni Jameson, Oc Register, 28 May 2025
• Which seems to come mostly at the expense of her young son.
  — Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024
• Even if all of that comes at the expense of our health or our pocket books.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
• How much money does big money need at the expense of the rest of us?
  — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2024
• Hotel staff have to stay on the job, sometimes at the expense of their own needs.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023
• And the current Dodgers want to win every game, but not at the expense of long-range goals.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
• All Sheryl Crow wants to do is have some fun, but not at the expense of her teenage sons!
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
• But White said this came at the expense of those with the lower incomes who needed it the most.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• But are workers footing the bill at the expense of their health and well-being?
  — Sunny Hubler, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2025
• The award show was filled with praise and lighthearted jokes at the expense of Sandler.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2023
• This has been achieved at the expense of human rights, critics say.
  — Eduardo Gamarra, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2024
• The pursuit of short-term profit at the expense of the scene’s long-term health is self-defeating.
  — Andrew Bird, Baltimore Sun, 28 Dec. 2024
• But its gains have come in tiny increments at the expense of thousands of lives.
  — Susannah George and Serhii Korolchuk, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2023
• This all may seem like a lark, a silly bit of fun at the expense of astronomy.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 28 June 2024
• While rear passenger space is great, this hasn’t been achieved at the expense of rear cargo space.
  — James Morris, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
• Golden now hopes to make the biggest step of his career at the expense of one of his mentors and two of his closest friends in the game.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
• Apart from one good joke at the expense of Christopher Columbus, the show’s politics are not overt.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• That’s often at the expense of sharing much about herself.
  — Angela Haupt, TIME, 31 Dec. 2024
• Maybe Fivio and Kodak wish to be the Black faces of that cohort, at the expense of millions of people who look like them.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
• Like all the great comic actors, Sheryl Lee Ralph will do just about anything for a laugh… even at the expense of her health.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 June 2025
• You’re not required to support someone else’s life at the expense of your own, Libra.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024
• You’re not required to support someone else’s life at the expense of your own, Libra.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
• But rush to a conclusion at the expense of Japan’s economy?
  — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
• Beauty’s share price for its own benefit and at the expense of all other E.l.f.
  — Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024
• That's not at the expense of the Pops series: The orchestra plans to announce a robust Pops schedule in the near future.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
• But it is not meant and doesn't have to be at the expense of having flexibility.
  — Nik Popli / Aspen, TIME, 30 June 2024
• Some countries are arguing that law lies too far in the bears’ favor at the expense of human lives.
  — Billy Stockwell, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024
• His global trade war is designed to benefit the United States at the expense of all its trading partners.
  — Malcolm Turnbull, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2025
• Each time the Mets have called on an infield prospect, fans on social media have demanded playing time for the flashy newcomer, often at the expense of McNeil, no longer new or flashy.
  — Will Sammon, New York Times, 15 June 2025