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How to use the word incur in a Sentence?

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If it gets to the point where they're trying to enforce, you know, my view would be, don't comply, and we would support the legislature taking some of the stimulus money and using it to pay off the fines the businesses incur for not complying.

Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The law has changed, yes. But the retrospective historical fact of whether the NRA and its members did or did not incur compensatory damages has not changed, they could have done that in their initial complaint. They didn't do it. They could have done it in their first amended complaint. They didn't … Nor did they attempt … in their proposed second amended complaint.

Brian Ginsberg

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Unvaccinated Americans aren’t the enemy, we should not be forcing employers to fire some of their valuable, and now hard to find, workers. We shouldn’t be threatening business owners with closure who do not wish to police their workforce’s decisions. Many simply cannot incur the cost of this enforcement in this economy.

Mike Lee

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We just couldn't incur the cost.

Scott Ingalsbe

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It would be a mistake to be giving booster doses without both some information about number one : Do they boost ? And a little bit of safety data, so that we would have some idea that there would be benefit of the booster before we might incur unknown risk.

Sarah Long

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's hard to say if you're a clear winner or not just depending whether you come into the government, whether your selling would actually incur capital gains, whether it will allow you to diversity a portfolio of holdings that would otherwise be very concentrated.

Virginia Canter

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Currently, maintenance of the refinery requires North Atlantic to incur significant monthly financial losses. This funding will offset labour and operational costs related to maintaining the refinery in idle mode.

North Atlantic Refinery Limited

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I was disappointed that I can't start freshman year there and meet people and get involved with clubs, but we're in a pandemic. I don't see a point in taking a health risk for Anicia MIller or my family. And to go on campus and incur those room and board costs just to take classes online seemed like unnecessary charges to pay for.

Anicia MIller

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We are sensitive to the financial hardship families incur and challenges presented due to the cost of school breakfast and lunches, our staff, in coordination with Family Support Specialists, will continue to work with families to ensure they have access to all available resources to assist with purchasing school meals.

Jeff Miller

Found on CNN
4 years ago

With the bulk of our content lineup still ahead of us, we are still planning to incur these expenses this year, particularly as we see an abundance of opportunity to invest and support our franchises ....

Chief Financial Officer Dennis Durkin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We are alarmed that unpaid federal employees will be required to incur this additional financial hardship during a time when they can least afford it.

Mark Warner

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Life-threatening storm surge is possible along portions of the Florida Gulf Coast regardless of the storm's exact track or intensity, well-built framed homes may incur major damage or removal of roof decking and gable ends. Many trees will be snapped or uprooted, blocking numerous roads. Electricity and water will be unavailable for several days to weeks after the storm passes.

National Hurricane Center

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There should be no sales of RBS shares, full-stop. But because of this government's obsession with privatization, the taxpayers who bailed out the bank will now incur an enormous loss.

John McDonnell

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The Palestinians're pushing civilians – women, children – into the line of fire with a view of getting casualties. We try to minimize casualties. The Palestinians're trying to incur casualties in order to put pressure on Israel, which is horrible.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Petri told Fox News. That’s in contrast with the 54 percent brick-and-mortar slots rate, Petri said. Petri added that brick and mortar casinos argue that they incur more costs, so online platforms should not be given the benefit of a better tax rate. Petri says he will try to bring the parties together toward a solution in the coming days. As chairman of the committee, I think it’s important that I be an honest broker.

Scott Petri

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Regionalizing is not a fair alternative, why should that group of customers have to incur the costs of regionalizing ? ... There is a reason for them to sole source.

Amit Mehta

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Whatever cost we incur, it's worth it, he's got an amazing attitude. After talking to him a number of times, I can't wait to meet him.

Ram Silverman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

That we should practice what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practice must incur the gravest moral disapprobation.

Logan Pearsall Smith

added by anonymous
10 years ago

You really need to focus on, are you willing to back it up with litigation, because you cannot monetize through licensing without being willing to incur the risk of litigation,” Mr. Chaikovsky explained. “If you are not willing to put up a fight, everyone else knows that therefore you cannot monetize your patent.”

Yar Chaikovsky

added by anonymous
12 years ago

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

Frederick Douglas

added by anonymous
14 years ago

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

Titus Maccius Plautus

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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