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• That includes a commitment from the federal government to foot the bill for debris removal and emergency protective measures for six months.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
• Plus, the city has to foot the bill for as long as a year, Gerace said.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2021
• Freeman, who died in 2009, is no longer around to foot the bill.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022
• France and Germany can’t agree on who would foot the bill.
  — Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, clients will foot the bill in the chase for steady returns.
  — Pete Norman, Bloomberg.com, 4 June 2023
• Meanwhile, clients will foot the bill in the chase for steady returns.
  — Pete Norman, Bloomberg.com, 4 June 2023
• Buyers, then, would be the ones footing the bill for their agent.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• At the end of the day, the American taxpayer will foot the bill.
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
• But in the case of Oregon — the Bo Nix billboards — donors are footing the bill.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
• So here’s something the will foot the bill: the humble fish sandwich.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• Worse, an unwelcome guest and the guest who is footing the bill.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• The government needs to start helping foot the bill, Moran said.
  — Megan Banta, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
• Angelos footed the bill and let the club use the Orioles name.
  — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
• The British public is footing the bill for the coronation.
  — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• And no way should Texas consumers have to foot the bill for this debacle.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
• If only his partner in crime were willing to foot the bill.
  — Edith Olmsted, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
• This is what comes of those $1.2 trillion spending bills: someone’s got to foot the bill.
  — Nisha Whitehead, Orange County Register, 24 Sep. 2024
• Once that is done, then the feds can manage the asylum seekers, foot the bill and assist our cities.
  — WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
• The change still needs sign-off from the federal government, which helps foot the bill.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 16 June 2023
• Three years is a really long time to go away and for taxpayers to foot the bill.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
• The building may agree that an upgrade is necessary and foot the bill.
  — Kalina Newman, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
• In the meantime, gas-guzzling SUVs and pickups foot the bill.
  — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 26 Sep. 2022
• The Times points out that Peter's brother is the one who footed the bill to fly the whole gang to Paris, with the adults all sitting in first class.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
• Connor’s net worth should be able to foot the bill comfortably.
  — Jason Rossi, The Enquirer, 28 May 2024
• If Thomas had, in fact, taken those flights and Crow footed the bill, the justice failed to disclose that, too.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2023
• In short, because its many, many franchisees are footing the bill.
  — Whizy Kim, Vox, 24 June 2024
• The question of who will take care of older Americans, and who will foot the bill, keep many awake at night.
  — Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
• Property owners would foot the bill for the funds for their local schools.
  — Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, the European Union and the Gulf states were always ready to foot the bill to reconstruct the ruins in the strip.
  — Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
• Because the margin is so small, Good is footing the bill for the recount process himself.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024