1.   Analysts also said Critical Path had trouble that quarter swallowing the costs of the PeerLogic acquisition, which threw off the balance sheet even more.

2.   Companies that need space have to swallow the cost.

3.   Does the company have to swallow the costs because, under the harsh logic of the market, it made a bad investment?

4.   Hospitals are often forced to swallow the cost of care for the thousands of patients who show up in their emergency rooms without health insurance.

5.   Since Japan imports almost all its oil, these companies may have to raise pump prices or swallow added costs.

6.   With no choice but to discount or to let the made-to-order knitwear sit in his warehouse, Wolf swallowed the costs.

7.   With the tight job market, many employers are simply swallowing the cost of higher insurance premiums because they cannot risk losing workers.

8.   Despite record receipts on box-office hits, studios have been swallowing the cost of dozens of losers.