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Recent Examples of underchargeFirst year freelancers typically lack the experience or have the comparables to set competitive rates, and often feel pressured to undercharge or do additional uncontracted work, something more experienced hands generally know how to manage or deflect.—Jon Younger, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 Trump for years has alleged, without evidence, that the Postal Service is undercharging companies, particularly Amazon (whose founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post).—Author: Jacob Bogage, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2020 At issue is a lawsuit that the city filed against in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in 2013 that accused BWC of undercharging one group of employers for premiums to cover their claims.—Robert Higgs, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2020 The state hired an outside consulting firm, which determined that Montana was substantially undercharging ranchers for grazing.—azcentral, 7 July 2019 Already bankrupt utilities cannot afford to upgrade the ailing grid, stuck in a vicious cycle of undercharging customers for electricity, going into debt, and failing to maintain the grid or to combat rampant power theft.—Varun Sivaram, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
Instead of swift passage on Wednesday, the proposal has become a new flashpoint in a sensitive discussion over police-community relations, with some event organizers questioning why community groups who feel overcharged by the police should have to appeal to the same department for subsidies.
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Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2026
The lawsuit alleges diabetic Iowans have been overcharged millions of dollars a year and cut off from affordable insulin.
Multiple news outlets have reported receiving ransom notes, and the Guthrie family has expressed a willingness to pay — although it’s not known whether ransom notes demanding money with deadlines that have already passed were authentic.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Footage of the incident shows King Charles greeting dozens of residents when one man shouted at him, asking whether the monarch had urged police to investigate his disgraced brother, according to The Times.
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Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
But for those interested in fashion history, these red carpet looks are key texts just asking to be pored over.