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  • There are other trade options out there — take a look at the Marlins and Mariners — but Stroman would only cost money, and less than the aforementioned free agents.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Spending time with friends doesn’t have to cost money, Hogan said.
    — Giana Han, al, 6 June 2020
  • These are all the not-so-pretty things that cost money, but don’t appear on TV.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
  • A lot of travel credit cards that give you perks cost money.
    — Hannah Rimm, refinery29.com, 12 Feb. 2021
  • And that can cost money that people who are homeless don’t have.
    — Liz Hardaway, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • This weekend, for the first time, tickets in the stands overlooking the main court cost money, at $21.60 per day.
    — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
  • Yet the things that cost money are the things that give magazines their quality.
    — WIRED, 20 June 2023
  • This is a big effort that will cost money—be prepared for that spending.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Some of his photos have helped explain that process, which cost money and caused swordfish prices to increase.
    — Ralph Pace, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Both approaches cost money and eat up onboard space that could be better used to haul loads.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 26 June 2020
  • But even those orders are difficult to enforce–and cost money.
    — Rebecca Feinglos, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Trusts face high tax rates, however, and cost money to set up and administer.
    — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2020
  • A couple of council members acknowledged that the arts cost money.
    — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
  • To do deliveries, a migrant needed three things, all of which cost money.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Some existing services are being extended to bring them within a 10-minute walk of the parks, and some services that used to cost money are now free.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 28 May 2021
  • Servers, data and customer support cost money, which has to be recouped somewhere.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Trademarks cost money, and when someone buys a generic version of semaglutide, that money doesn’t go to Novo Nordisk.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2023
  • For the Harrises’ business, MJ Express, no drivers means no income — idled trucks cost money.
    — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2021
  • What's more, coupons cost money to design and produce, and some customers redeem expired coupons or fraudulent ones.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Drugs cost money, but not much: generic fluoxetine, i.e. non-brand-name Prozac, currently costs less than 10 cents per day.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2010
  • Investments in a range of resources, from new buildings to more student advisors, cost money.
    — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
  • Those profiles will become sub-accounts that cost money starting in early 2023.
    — CBS News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • But better managers, too — as well as more attorneys and others to oversee giant contracts — also cost money, and the T has seen a brain-drain as its workforce has shrunk over the years.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
  • Levin said removing pipes and beginning to address lead-leaching plumbing in homes will cost money.
    — Michael Phillis and Mike Stobbe The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Other states have changed their policies on annual stickers, but some drivers are confused by the new systems, and trying to understand if the changes save or cost money is up in the air.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Scaling up solar and wind is going to cost money and will need to be supported by effective public policies.
    — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 20 July 2022
  • Meanwhile, Women for Change’s proactive agenda cost money that the low membership dues couldn’t cover.
    — Jane Sumner, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Since baseballs cost money, the team had a policy of allowing anyone who retrieved a ball hit out of the park during batting practice or a game free admission to the bleachers.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Having the legislators meet more often will cost money.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 31 May 2021
  • But adapting to the impacts of climate change, to build defenses and repair the damage from hurricanes, will cost money that Barbados, with a national debt ratio of 144% of GDP, does not have.
    — Jennifer Duggan, Time, 28 Oct. 2021

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