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De Jesus said to get good staff he often has to pay above the minimum wage, currently set at £13.59 an hour.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Older, more polluting vehicles had to pay a daily charge to drive in central London.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The “buy now, pay later” service provider reported earnings before the bell today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
With long-term Treasury yields hovering at multidecade highs, traders have begun asking the uncomfortable question: How much will the U.S. need to pay to convince the world to keep lending it money?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“That’s why we came here. We want to take up a collection and pay for his headstone, with whatever quote you would like on it.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
An optometrist turned billionaire philanthropist with an eye for bold design paid a record-setting $40 million for a bespoke Ferrari Luce at auction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
If he can stay fit and new Reds manager Andoni Iraola can provide him with the service he was sorely lacking last season, he will hope to show why Liverpool paid £125m for him.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
France's Culture Minister Catherine Pegard paid tribute to Altmayer as a "producer with a keen eye, capable of bringing together popular comedy and auteur ambition with the same accuracy".
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mine is paid through vendor commissions from the flights, tours and accommodations we booked.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Grandpa had just paid the storekeeper for the coconuts when I walked up.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
The royal family payed tribute to the team's talent, determination and historic achievement.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
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
Rapper Kanye West payed tribute to his friend and colleague during his weekly Sunday Service gospel music performance.
From Reuters ● Nov. 30, 2021
The cuts are reportedly the result of Oppo expanding too rapidly in recent years, moving aggressively into new countries and product categories with big bets that haven’t payed off.
From The Verge ● Sep. 20, 2021
He would play his part, he vowed to himself, no matter what the price he payed.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
Since picking future Nvidias is so hard, efficient market advocates advise just owning them all while paying as little as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
ICE and CBP entered the license agreements to train at the Otay Mesa site in 2021, with ICE paying the county around $10,000 a year and CBP paying around $117,00.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
BHP has a policy of paying a minimum of 50% of underlying profit at every reporting period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
On Monday, United World issued a statement in which it claimed the creation of 1919 Partners LLC was "an attempt to avoid paying CSBL's creditors".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
He hadn’t, and now he was paying for it -and so was Wolf.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
