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Recent Examples of incur
Property taxes sit at their current level because local governments have to incur the cost of services that Boyd said should be paid by the state.
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Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
Travelers who pay less than 24 hours before departure will still incur an additional $10 fee.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Those early withdrawals, which can incur penalties, may be one reason many people delay retirement, said Matt Terry, a project manager at Economist Enterprise who worked on the study.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
For America, the war effort will incur different costs—ones that are less tangible and less immediate.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
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Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
Travelers who pay less than 24 hours before departure will still incur an additional $10 fee.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Those early withdrawals, which can incur penalties, may be one reason many people delay retirement, said Matt Terry, a project manager at Economist Enterprise who worked on the study.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
For America, the war effort will incur different costs—ones that are less tangible and less immediate.
—Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incur
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The project is particularly acrimonious, drawing out geographical battles between north and south and thorny fights between officials who want to build the tunnel and environmentalists and Delta residents seeking to protect the local ecosystem and their way of life.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Max Allegri sought refuge in the dug-out at the Mapei Stadium.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Their ability to contract declines and their metabolism changes.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
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State law requires that any district that wants to implement this program must contract with a law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the entire county to review video footage to confirm violations.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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Within weeks of the invasion, when Russian units failed to quickly capture Kyiv, Putin switched to pursuing a war of attrition.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi pressed his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday to pursue a diplomatic resolution to the conflict and refrain from resuming hostilities during a meeting in Beijing.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 May 2026
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Instead of simply accepting defeat, the United States upscales its ambitions to establish a permanent presence on the lunar surface.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
1 May 2026
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Prosecutors also alleged that, in return for that pressure campaign, Diamantis accepted $95,000 in bribes from Helen Zervas, an optometrist, and her fiancé, former state Democratic lawmaker Christopher Ziogas.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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And Bona, a second-year reserve, got caught too many times reaching in the cookie jar while defending Towns.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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The Reds tied the game two batters later and then scored a pair of runs on a sacrifice fly to right field that brought Seiya Suzuki to the ground against the wall while catching it.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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These pajamas are soft enough to wear every night and elegant enough to welcome room service in.—
Amanda Eyre Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
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Sean O’Connor Pasadena The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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“Incur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incur. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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