incur

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Recent Examples of incur But this, this injury, was incurred while doing bobsled for the United States of America. Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 21 June 2025 Employers were also able to pay off student loan balances if they were incurred before January 1, 2026, but the GOP bill calls for eliminating that requirement and continuing to allow employers to pay off loans for employees. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025 One of our key findings is that people with regular care providers were 38% less likely to incur above-average health care costs. Jane Tavares, The Conversation, 17 June 2025 Esper incurred Trump’s wrath for urging restraint in deploying the military against protesters. Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for incur
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Verb
  • Alcaraz, the two-time defending champion at SW19, is also seeking a second Channel Slam in a row.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • Finally, the city has been seeking more revenue by renegotiating leases on public property and facilities that Gloria said had provided an inadequate return.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known to experts, and historically most children contracted it before the age of 15.
    Jen Christiansen, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
  • Focusing On The Data Clearly, given these factors, the costs of the modernization and expansion efforts AI demands aren’t feasible as viewed currently, particularly in a time when public-sector and private-sector investments are contracting, not growing.
    Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • The university is not pursuing legal action against Lucas, just UM, according to Yahoo.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—the Supreme Leader since 1989 and now eighty-six years old—pursues his regime’s martial goals and ominous fantasies.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Following the Joint Conference Committee, the 21% corporate income tax rate was accepted and passed by the House and the Senate.
    Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • No liability is accepted by Fairlead Strategies, its officers, employees, affiliates, or partners for any losses that may arise from any use of the information contained herein.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • With the unlikelihood of Saudi Arabia catching any strays, WWE talent arrived in Riyadh this week with no incident.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • That unique twist is exactly what caught the attention of Quinn Cosgrove, bass player for local Kansas band The Whips.
    Ramal Nasim, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • The entrepreneur welcomed three sons and one daughter with ex-wife MacKenzie Scott.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 24 June 2025
  • This February, Trump and Vice President JD Vance welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House, only to berate him on television.
    JENNIFER LIND, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025

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“Incur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incur. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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