Word: incurring
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...when the INS does try to enforce the law in the workplace, it can incur powerful opposition. Take Operation Vanguard, launched in September 1998 to target the undocumented workers on whom the Nebraska meat-packing industry relies. The agency subpoenaed the records of slaughterhouses and informed the factories that it would interview 4,762 employees--a fifth of the state's meat packers--about discrepancies in their documents...
...paid lobbyists representing multi-national corporations and the wealthy who demand tax breaks and favors for the powerful special interests in our country that need it the least. On the other hand, I and my Congressional colleagues hear almost nothing from college and graduate students and their parents who incur tens of thousands of dollars in educational debt...
...students what they wanted to hear and praising them however much they foundered. At evaluation time, they would be pleased enough by their "success" that they would return the praise. Teaching, in such a light, amounted to flattery. Submitting students to the rigors of learning seemed only to incur the wrath of many of them, which entered the record as my teacherly shortcoming...
...concept took root in Britain, where there's no tax on gambling winnings but where capital-gains taxes can run as high as 40%. Betting transactions also don't incur the .5% duty the British government levies on stock transactions and are free of fees and brokerage commissions. Increasingly, investors are using spread betting not just to make quick and large gains on price and market swings but also to hedge their investments. For example, if you want to keep shares in your portfolio as a good long-term investment but think the price may fall in the short term...
According to the statement, such violations will incur "immediate and firm action, up to and including no longer purchasing goods from the vendor...