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Potential buyers have balked when they learned the property came with an atom smasher.

Higher valuations are also a draw. FLock.io tried to raise its first funding round from European investors last year, but would-be backers balked at the startup’s lack of revenue, founder Jiahao Sun said.

Big platforms may balk at the proposal’s suggestion that they task one or more employees with ensuring compliance, said Garrett Johnson, associate professor of marketing at the Boston University Questrom School of Business.

Republicans have balked at these demands, taking particular issue with the prospect of restoring Medicaid benefits to immigrants.

But NBCUniversal has balked because it has spent billions of dollars building Peacock and it wants to remain the conduit for its customers.