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There are plenty of other cities where kids love soccer but cannot afford the prohibitive costs.
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
They were told that it would be cost prohibitive to ship it back to Washington State.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
If families are lucky enough to find a spot, the cost is often prohibitive.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
As a result, the political, economic, and security costs of forcibly evacuating settlers have become prohibitive.
—Omar M. Dajani, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
They were told that it would be cost prohibitive to ship it back to Washington State.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
If families are lucky enough to find a spot, the cost is often prohibitive.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
As a result, the political, economic, and security costs of forcibly evacuating settlers have become prohibitive.
—Omar M. Dajani, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2024
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Discontent with crime, homelessness and exorbitant gas prices remain sore spots for voters, despite Newsom’s attempts to address them.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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While people can buy coverage directly through an insurer, the cost is often exorbitant and usually not an option for undocumented immigrants, Pillai said.Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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As Barca laboured and eventually failed to land some of its transfer targets such as Nico Williams, the proposal for Casado might not have seemed too unreasonable at the time.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The indictment alleged Hankison deprived Taylor of the right to be free from unreasonable seizures and deprived her neighbors of the right to be free from the deprivation of liberty without due process of law.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Their objective is to drive up the costs of extracting, refining, distributing, and using oil, natural gas, and coal to the point that electric bills are unaffordable and the economics of investing in the industry no longer make sense.Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Half of all renters pay ‘unaffordable’ rents More than 22 million American households spend at least 30% of their income on rent and utilities, as of 2022, a record high, according to a 2024 report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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The outlet said that the move came after a close review of Amazon’s programming costs across its entertainment portfolio, prompted by several expensive series that failed to connect with audiences.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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And inefficiency gets very expensive when homes sit on the market.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future.Gordon Hughes, National Review, 13 May 2024
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Car-makers have warned that U.K. electric-vehicle manufacturing may become uneconomic under the existing U.K.-EU trade deal, which from 2024 requires 45% of the value of EVs to come from the U.K. or EU to avoid tariffs.WSJ, WSJ, 2 June 2023
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Here's how Stocks that could move, the biggest donors, jobs for Jamie Dimon and Elon Musk: Election news roundup Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has enough cash to buy Target, Starbucks, and Nike The result brings an end to a costly chapter in what had already been a difficult year for Boeing.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Dornoch Dancer Surrounded by water as Scotland is, and given the nature of the DEEP project, a significant expense over several years was the constant costly demand to book boats.Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Yet, these Apple Watch Solo Loop bands come with a steep discount, giving users a multitude of options.Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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While Democrats face a steep hill to flipping the state blue in November, the party hopes to flip Scott’s Senate seat this cycle.The Hill, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Blood tests, which can be pricey and aren’t always covered by insurance, were also less cost-effective than other methods, the researchers found.Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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But some online shoppers said they’ve also been allowed to keep more pricey products.Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Prohibitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prohibitive. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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