recoup
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The leverage the city has on the pending sale includes its status as a creditor seeking to recoup public funds spent to protect the complex with fencing and deploy police security to prevent vandalism.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
But, he added, that sites should only be cleared up using public money if the land is owned by criminals themselves - and seized and sold off to recoup the cost.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Utilities must borrow money to build costly infrastructure, but then have to wait for regulators to allow them to recoup that investment.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Companies only make that kind of investment if they can recoup those costs when a treatment proves successful and continue to invest in breakthrough drugs.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
Would she be able to organize, sketch, and gather enough specimens to recoup all the hard-earned money spent on this voyage?
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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