afford
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“I have a master’s degree but I can’t afford to buy a house here,” Keeler, 37, said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Unable to afford a bed frame, he says he slept on a mattress on the floor of his council flat and felt a deep sense of abandonment and isolation.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
If Walters goes, Ohtani could demand a new contract with terms that a new cash-strapped owner cannot afford.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Earlier this month, the company teamed up with six of Wall Street’s biggest firms on a $500 billion AI-financing plan, pledging to backstop lending to customers that can’t afford its chips otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He gets super excited and starts talking a mile a minute about how his school’s sole focus will be on making classical music more accessible to kids who can’t afford lessons.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Major cities throughout the States have seen crushing drops in Canadian tourism and business it affords to costly enterprises like ski resorts.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
But from the eighth floor the Center affords breathtaking views of Chicago’s glorious downtown and Lake Michigan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
“For the first time in this litigation, the government argues that civil detention ‘does not implicate any fundamental rights’ and so the Due Process Clause affords the detained men no protections—substantive or procedural,” they wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
That affords the company little room for error, Lee said in a Tuesday note, and he found something else to quibble with in the latest report.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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The 21-page document argues that the benefits afforded by such an addition make it both necessary and warranted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Prince Harry had until recently said it would be impossible for his family to return to the U.K. after he was no longer afforded taxpayer-funded police security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
She deviates from the one-note mean girl role, supplying Gen with dimensionality and kindness that characters like these were rarely afforded.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Every culture has been represented, every tradition. Everybody who has wanted to take part in the Fleadh has been afforded the luxury to do so in a safe and comfortable environment," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
As Ignatius was considering the delight which the little baseball game afforded humanity, the two sad and covetous eyes moved toward him through the crowd like torpedoes zeroing in on a great woolly tanker.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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A reporter at the Times Herald covered my crime, stripped of context, affording neither of us humanity.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Bolivia's Juan Carlos Prado Angelo, who reached his first Grand Slam main draw at Roland Garros, says affording travel is "very difficult for every player" from South America.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
If you have $2 million in investments, affording a $1 million home would be a piece of cake.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
However, one could reasonably expect an AI-related positive productivity shock to further lift the nominal equilibrium rate, affording the Fed time to wait out the latest round of supply shocks and inflationary pressure.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
At sixteen, most kids would stress about parallel parking tests, getting a driver’s license, and affording a car.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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