incurred
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In 2018 Saints centre Rob Horne went in for a hard but routine tackle and incurred nerve damage that cost him the use of his right arm.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank was suspended without pay for six months for “his involvement with the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for approving impermissible expenses incurred by Mr. Leonard and his family.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
But EDL, charged with maintaining the grid, is tackling large debts incurred during the expansion and due to consumer subsidies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The platform has also said that perps don’t have fees that can be incurred from rolling over contracts like traditional futures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The king’s men had incurred Stannis’s ire on Dragonstone if the talk Jon heard was true.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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