Costs
Costs noun - Pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation.
Help
Help noun - An act or instance of helping.
Both words in one sentence
- Love Ruins the Realm: Imanuentius' marriage to the low-born Ydorus temporarily costs him the succession, and while not actually precipitating the war with Clarvorus, certainly doesn't help.
Source: Literature / The Realm Of Albion - While buying a replacement unit costs more money than what is received from selling the original, it does help with the survivability of an army in the long run.
Source: Game Breaker / Civilization - It didn't help them that the horrifying experience of assimilation made it personal for him and drove him to seek their destruction at all costs.
Source: Assimilation Backfire
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