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Administrators said about £489,000 was owed for staff wages and accrued holiday pay.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
That would be an ambitious goal even without Meta’s trust issues, given that many of the people willing to pay for AI are already customers of OpenAI, Google and others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Negative convexity means potential price gains for investors from the bond are capped by falling interest rates because borrowers can pay off their loans long before maturity.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
“If you wanna pay my rent, you can be any color,” Benedict Bernardez said with a laugh from his food stall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
It had seemed a small price to pay at the time.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
The home, run by the Catholic Sisters of Nazareth, received funding from Southampton social services, as well as fees paid by the families of women who stayed there.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The team, to which OpenAI paid a $6,500 bounty, disclosed their work for the first time to The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
We only paid about $100 a month for some extras.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The owner said Styles covered the usual Saturday takings at both sites on Eastcastle Street and Great Titchfield Street and also added a buffer to ensure all drinks could be paid for.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
At first, it was just a couple of posts a week, all my own screenshots of awkwardness no one paid attention to.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower payed his respects to Spam in a letter to Hormel in 1966.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
In December, Ms Ortega told Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight show she "payed homage to Lisa Loring, the first Wednesday Addams", doing "a little bit of her shuffle that she does".
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2023
Born into a jazz family, Mtume payed in Miles Davis’ electric band before becoming a Grammy-winning R&B songwriter and producer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
Rapper Kanye West payed tribute to his friend and colleague during his weekly Sunday Service gospel music performance.
From Reuters ● Nov. 30, 2021
Shooting up into the wind, the brig payed round on her heel, the two guns being again fired into the schooner’s bows, as the sails filled, and the “Halcyon” stood on the other tack.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley
To increase Meta’s earnings per share by roughly 20%, Oppenheimer estimated that the company would have to gather 115 million Muse subscribers paying $20 a month—about double the number of paying subscribers of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Two years later, Chávez called up Chatfield and pitched him what would become his first paying gig.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Banking groups opposed the bill, arguing that digital tokens paying interest-like rewards would present unacceptable competition to regional lenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Track Record mortgage from Skipton Building Society covers 100% of the value of a property, with the borrower paying nothing upfront.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
So much for paying attention and thinking big picture.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
