afford
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"Europe therefore cannot afford to remain merely a consumer of critical technologies developed elsewhere," the conservative MEP told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Nancy, from Bala, was shocked by the research, adding she could not understand how young people could afford that many as she only had takeaways once or twice a month.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
“These folks are the ones who could afford to buy a movie house or two, program it and keep that tradition alive.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
“We cannot afford to depend on others for the technologies that keep our hospitals running, our energy grids stable and our services secure,” European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
That is, a lot of people couldn’t actually afford to pay their mortgages the old-fashioned way, and so the lenders were dreaming up new instruments to justify handing them new money.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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