incurs

verb

present tense third-person singular of incur
as in pursues

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  1. pursues
  2. seeks
  3. accepts
  4. contracts
  5. catches
  6. welcomes
  7. embraces
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  • When college senior Sloane pursues a nebulous affair with her mysterious neighbor Ethan, the road to heartbreak ends up functioning as a path to self-discovery.
    — Nissa Renzo, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Germany's Volocopter pursues a similar short-hop urban focus with its VoloCity, though its commercial rollout has moved slower than anticipated.
    — Omar Kardoudi June 26, New Atlas, 26 June 2026
Definition of pursues
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  • Owens’ lawsuit seeks for the court to issue an injunction to force the association and Kuka to stop interfering with the sale of the unit and remediation of the asbestos, and to stop requiring approvals for prospective buyers.
    — Nicole R. Kurtz, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • The latest twist comes as Dakar seeks to untangle itself from a debt crisis that has plagued its economy since 2024, when the government uncovered billions of dollars in undisclosed loans, forcing the IMF to suspend lending.
    — Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of seeks
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  • The Dinner Key Mooring Facility, for example, accepts boats up to 50 feet long, leaving boaters with larger vessels — including 55-year-old Capt.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
  • The skin isn’t just a passive barrier that accepts humectants, peptides, and other ingredients and keeps out external aggressors like pollutants and bacteria.
    — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 6 July 2026
Definition of accepts
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  • The federal regulator argued that the sports event contracts the markets offer are more similar to grain futures than to sports wagers, giving it exclusive jurisdiction.
    — Maggie Dougherty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Cassidy has been looking into the 340B program for years, including an investigation into the company that contracts with the government to be the program’s vendor and a hearing in October.
    — John Wilkerson, STAT, 25 June 2026
Definition of contracts
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  • Kessler catches an empty side screen involving Anfernee Simons and calmly plays in drop, backpedals smoothly, slides laterally for a stride, opens his hips and tricks Simons to shoot before swatting it away with his left hand.
    — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Any successful catches need to be killed humanely following strict state guidelines, as well as accurately documented.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of catches
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  • The New York Stock Exchange welcomes executives and guests of Coupang on March 11, 2021, in celebration of the company's initial public offering.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • Your 8th House of Intimacy and Shared Resources welcomes Jupiter, guiding long-term stability through wiser agreements and deeper trust.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026
Definition of welcomes
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  • How his work embraces the ephemeral, how that is expressed in pieces made to last much longer than a season.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • As the fashion industry embraces these jerseys, some teams are leaning in.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
Definition of embraces
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