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[in-kur] / ɪnˈkɜr /


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Even if the tariff money were specifically directed at debt service, it wouldn’t have done much to defray the roughly $1 trillion in interest the government will incur this year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Etsy expects to incur $35 million in charges related to the layoffs, which will be executed by the end of the third quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Each stage of that process will incur expenses such as transport and storage, and rising costs at any step could end up in the product you buy being more expensive.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Retirees with passive income may incur substantial fees and undergo rigorous vetting to gain approval to secure the home they want.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Considering that Dorus makes a little over a thousand guilders a year, it’s a huge expense for the Van Gogh family, one Dorus will later incur for Theo and Cor as well.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

According to Fifa regulations, a red card "automatically incurs suspension from the subsequent match" but the governing body "may impose additional match suspensions and other disciplinary measures".

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Encrypting and decrypting your traffic as you go about your online business incurs a cost, resulting in a speed hit on your connection.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

CDs are typically less flexible because withdrawing funds before maturity often incurs a penalty.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

The sale helps Occidental reduce its net debt but eliminates a diversifying asset and incurs a significant $1.7 billion tax bite.

From Barron's Oct. 2, 2025

Also, even if a dangler is in no danger of being misinterpreted, enough readers have trained themselves to spot danglers that a writer who leaves it incurs the risk of being judged as slovenly.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

He’d incurred the wrath of Al Davis in a disastrous stint as the Oakland Raiders’ coach.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

ANL has argued the claimants should pay back full costs incurred by the publisher and has applied for the costs to be paid on an indemnity basis - a more favourable financial payout.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

In January of this year, the songstress filed a request asking that Bono be made to pay the $1,023,605.30 in legal fees that she had incurred during the battle.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

That means most imports will continue to face tariffs similar to those incurred over the past five months.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

At first, there was little change in the government’s attitude to Tycho—indeed, more money was provided later that year to cover debts that he had incurred building up the observatory.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The hedge-fund firm Situational Awareness is down around 67% in July after incurring heavy losses on AI stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

You don’t want to look back later and kick yourself for deferring your taxes but incurring poor returns.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Wood is concerned that it’s not just their cashflow they are consuming so rapidly, but the rate at which they are incurring debt.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

But later reporting suggested that the cancellation was part of a larger cost-cutting measure and that Warner Bros. benefited from writing off the film as a tax loss rather than incurring losses from releasing it.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

It occurred to me that I could not remain where I was for long without incurring the risk of an oncoming vehicle coming round that same bend and colliding into my employer's Ford.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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