paid for
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Under that scenario, Kunisch would expect price increases all along the food chain, starting with the prices paid for young cattle at livestock auctions to beef packers — the meat-processing companies that buy cattle.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
“It is a shortsighted approach to asset management that invites long-term risk—a strategic failure that will ultimately be paid for by future generations of students and the long-term health of the endowment itself.”
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The structure, which towers over the White House, was paid for by the UFC, which is scheduled to host a series of fights on the premises.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Can a company take away something you've already paid for?
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
“They belonged to the people of America and of Indochina, who had paid for them with their blood.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
