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In an article written for Time magazine from prison in June 2019, he said: "My lack of freedom today is a price I knew I would have to pay for the city I love."
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Should we pay off our 2.5% mortgage — or put the money in a high-yield savings account?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
The high cost of maintaining La Madrague – and Bardot's second home La Garrigue in the hills behind the Mediterranean coast – means the Foundation needs to find ways to make the properties pay.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
“You can pay some stupid broker,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
What I believed, at first, was that there were things about this war that I did not understand, that were above my station and pay grade.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
“But I certainly paid my dues in the garage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Dunbar claimed she had only been paid for five of her previous 39 tour dates, a claim disputed by promoter Breakneck Comedy.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
A lot less attention was paid to professional investors who reaped bonanzas by just being in the right place at the right time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The family said they had paid more than five million francs in all, imposing a mandatory contribution on every relative.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Louella got paid fifty cents to do this, and on that particular Tuesday we were in the grocery store spending her fifty cents.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
And it only resolved after Gutterman payed a small fee to join a WhatsApp group that alerted her to new appointments, which stay available for only a few seconds.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
The remembrances of Knight poured out across social media and the marquees of clubs like the Improv, which payed tribute to the beloved comedian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
The exact format of the competition is yet to be confirmed, but it is expected that games will be payed behind closed doors in the Kyiv region and other cities further west.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2022
Rapper Kanye West payed tribute to his friend and colleague during his weekly Sunday Service gospel music performance.
From Reuters ● Nov. 30, 2021
Many Catholic editors, like Dr. Majunke, of the Germania, payed for their zeal by imprisonment.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham
Among those paying their respects were Lisa and Lee, visiting Tenerife from Stoke-on-Trent.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Her flat will be provided without rent, with the resident paying bills only.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
I am considering purchasing a custom Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric for $210,000, paying cash.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
“The competition for capital has been so fierce that everyone is paying up to borrow,” Matt Brill, head of North America investment-grade credit at Invesco, said on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
She had not been paying attention, had not noticed that no one, not even the boy before her, had a heartbeat.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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