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[in-kur] / ɪnˈkɜr /


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If you incur that risk and the market does well, you most likely will be handsomely rewarded for incurring that risk.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The reputational damage it would incur would be catastrophic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Of course, as so many 19th-century paintings capture, left out of this telling is that Orestes’ crimes incur the Furies’ wrath.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Tech scion David Ellison’s company wants the coalition of 12 states and the WGA to cover the ‘ticking fees’ that Paramount could incur due to Warner deal delays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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

"But as any sailor knows, the longer a ship is out to sea, the more problems it incurs and the harder the days become for those onboard," he added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

If LA28 incurs massive financial losses, the city would cover the first $270 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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

The cost of so-called ship-to-ship transfers that are needed to conceal a cargo’s true origin has risen as everyone along the supply chain dealing with sanctioned oil incurs new costs and raises their prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

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

They are also right that credit risk isn’t the same thing as an incurred loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

In 2018 Saints centre Rob Horne went in for a hard but routine tackle and incurred nerve damage that cost him the use of his right arm.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank was suspended without pay for six months for “his involvement with the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for approving impermissible expenses incurred by Mr. Leonard and his family.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

But EDL, charged with maintaining the grid, is tackling large debts incurred during the expansion and due to consumer subsidies.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

He was fully liable, without limit, for all obligations incurred by his workshop.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

After you reach age 65, you can withdraw HSA money for nonmedical reasons without incurring a 20% penalty, although your withdrawals are usually still taxable as ordinary income.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Major airlines including JetBlue, United and American issued travel alerts allowing passengers to change their flights without incurring fees.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

So you could give them assets now, and they could turn around and sell the assets without incurring much if anything in taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The exemption, known as the de minimis rule, had helped Shein and rival Temu grow rapidly as it allowed packages worth less than $800 to enter the US without incurring import duties.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Moreover, he need not worry about incurring the infamy of those vices without which it would be difficult to save the state.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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