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The oil ministry acknowledged Thursday that government‑owned fuel companies were incurring losses but denied that a price hike was imminent.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Suddenly, Wall Street was less enamored with the heavy losses media companies industrywide were incurring to build their own streaming services.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

Those surging sales helped offset the costs retailers were incurring to upgrade their stores with plexiglass barriers and provide masks and hand sanitizer to workers.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2020

Kilmartin is seeking to force the companies to pay for damages associated with climate change, citing the costs taxpayers were incurring to repair roads and bridges and rebuild coastal structures.

From Reuters • Jul. 2, 2018

To those who refused to bend to the storm, hints were conveyed that they were incurring the anger of the King.

From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of