paid off
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Participating in the festival paid off in other ways too.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Following that advice would have required nerves of steel as the market initially pulled back at the outbreak of war but then paid off as stocks surged to record highs moving into June.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
All-out attack is rarely a winning recipe in US Opens, but at the Riviera Country Club it very nearly paid off for Charley Hull.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
That strategy paid off in 2019, in New Prime v.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Loans either were paid off or were defaulted upon.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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