payback

Example Sentences

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American Consumer Credit Counseling, a nonprofit that works with credit-card companies to reduce interest rates and monthly payments for people in debt, helped her devise a payback plan.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Party leaders declared it payback and boasted about their new fighting spirit.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, reports the crowd of about 400 Aboriginal people outside the hospital yelled that Lewis needed to face "payback" and accused the police of protecting him.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Twists and turns included, “Man on Fire,” created by Kyle Killen, is straightforward action entertainment, a traditional payback drama with generally clear-cut good guys and bad guys, once you sort them out.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

But France wanted to hurt England as payback for the loss of Canada in the French and Indian War.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen