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In contrast, Schmidt's reservations about the project appear to have cost him Washington's support.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Stream engineering aims to improve habitats and water flow, for example by building dams or placing boulders in a stream, and these efforts have cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the years.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Medical procedures, including a left-leg amputation and tumor removal from his skull, have cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars—a sum surpassing what the potential settlement might yield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“In 2000, four day trades involving the purchase and sale of the same security would have cost approximately $133 in commissions,” Billings wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Assuming $50 as the standard price, it would have cost the average thru-hiker somewhere between $6,000 and $7,500 to stay in a lodge each night along the trail.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson