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Births fell in many nations during the pandemic as people feared going to hospitals, lacked family support because of lockdown restrictions and balked at child-care costs.

Congress has also balked at efforts to retire older ships that the Navy says provide only marginal warfighting capacity, leaving the service at risk of not being able to afford basic maintenance and staffing costs.

Her friends have passed along some local job opportunities, but Tian and her parents all balked at the idea of her working for $400 to $550 per month.

However, some were understood to have balked at the initial £1B valuation due to All3Media’s considerable debt pile, which amounts to some £760M.

McCarthy balked when asked about party members Mike Johnson and Kevin Hern serving as consensus candidates, or those who maximize the amount of people who approve of them holding office.

Previously, Angel balked at Jill's idea to invite both the winning and losing teams to the White House.

Some potential investors balked at the terms over concerns about Twitter’s financial performance, the Journal reported.

The U sold its teaching hospital to Fairview in 1997 and balked at the idea of an out-of-state entity owning the University of Minnesota Medical Center in Minneapolis.

Twice in December, Carlos Correa almost became the third shortstop to command a contract of a dozen or more seasons, but the Giants and Mets both balked at his physicals, and backed out.

Alice had considerable experience in banking and sales, and speaks fluent English, but there was no to help look after her daughter and potential landlords frequently balked when she told them she was availing of HAP.

Cody tried to shake the man’s hand after saying that, but Roman balked and instead snapped his fingers.

Cohen said he asked AMI’s David Pecker and Dylan Howard to front the money, but Pecker balked.

Had the UAW balked, the workers say they would’ve organized an independent union.

He balked at a question about the massed ranks of the Tartan Army being angry and flat in the wake of the Euros.

Republicans in Congress have that H.R. 2’s language be included in legislation providing foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, but the Biden administration and congressional Democrats have balked.

Still, he balked at the idea that interest has played into how Snowbird is handling parking or that it doesn’t want to find solutions to the canyon’s traffic issues.

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources also has balked at the idea, with agency leaders saying they will not allow the development projects to move forward on the land where it holds a conservation easement.

Turkey, a sometimes problematic ally that had initially balked at letting Sweden into NATO because of quarrels over the latter’s dealings with Kurdish separatists, dropped its opposition.

Yet, this did not sit well with Jane, who balked at the leaders' decision, accusing them of sexism with her remark, "Oh what?

Ahead of the 2013 tournament, the union balked over distribution of sponsorship revenue, much of which comes from Japanese companies.