incur debt

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In addition, “lower-income respondents and respondents with disabilities are more likely to go without care and incur debt due to health care costs,” the researchers said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Help him research what he wants to do afterward and get a better sense of whether it makes sense to incur debt in light of that.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2021

Allowed Flint to incur debt in violation of the Home Rule City Act.

From Washington Times • Jan. 14, 2021

“I worked with clients to help them determine what they could afford and never would have counseled them to incur debt beyond what they could afford,” Mattick said.

From Reuters • Oct. 22, 2019

In the early part of our married life, Mr. Smith and myself were forced to the practice of this virtue, or incur debt, of which both of us had a natural horror.

From Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)