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Average hourly pay rose at a 3.1% rate in the 12 months that ended in August.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sanofi will pay Regeneron $1 billion upfront, and up to $7 billion subject to certain targets to get access to four new drug candidates invented by its partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
After the White Sox lost the series 5-3 to the Cincinnati Reds, the White Sox's suspicious owner Charles Comiskey sent word that the players needed to collect their pay cheques from him in person.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Labor negotiators generally seek pay increases and improved benefits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
She leaned across her desk and snatched the pay envelope from my hand.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Seeking to keep their monthly costs around the same as the rent they paid in Virginia, they decided to take out an adjustable-rate mortgage, or ARM, with a 6.85% rate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Kenya's President William Ruto, who had previously appeared in public with Chivayo, paid tribute to him as a "dear friend" and sent condolences to the families of those killed.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Data center construction is great for people and companies paid to build, equip and power them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
I want to dramatically expand paid internships, apprenticeships and partnerships with employers and organized labor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“I don’t get paid again ’til next week.”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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
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
But the spirits payed no attention to them, and they were suffered to go on flying about, legs in air, heads downwards, whirling about like feathers in a winter wind.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
His wife Julia told the PA news agency that Adam "got the shock of his life" and had trouble paying bills that morning as a result.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
He’s also paying steeper fuel surcharges for services like crop dusting.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The uncertainty spurred U.S. buyers to snap up metal to avoid paying higher prices later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
He blamed a “clerical reporting error” and said he is paying the fine in $1,000 monthly installments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
To help pay for my schooling, I began to work in President Davis’s office, my willingness to learn typing over the previous summer paying off with a coveted office job.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
