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repay

[ri-pey] / rɪˈpeɪ /




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The $3.3 million renovations to that home were also initially paid for by the British taxpayer, however the Sussexes were required to repay that money after stepping down as working royals.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Kasten took a similar tone when asked about reports of Walter having to repay insurance companies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Another hearing will take place to work out how he can repay his victims.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Andrea feels deep shame when she thinks about the loan she took out a year ago in Buenos Aires that she is now unable to repay.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

In the end, Santa sculpts the group’s freewheeling ideas into a few concrete requirements: I have to repay Mr. Davis for the fireworks I stole.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Guitars take the place of shovels, as Henry now repays Carlos’ kindness by helping to save the land that Carlos assumes is ravaged.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

He says he repays his father $954.83 a month for the mortgage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

The money is typically issued within three days, and the platform repays itself by withholding those wages from the user’s next paycheck.

From Salon Jan. 17, 2025

On payday, the user repays the money out of their wages.

From Seattle Times Apr. 23, 2024

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

For Andrea’s 40th birthday earlier this year, I repaid the favor and requested a video for her from Nell Campbell, who portrayed Columbia, in which she talked about sisterhood — and “Rocky Horror,” of course.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Instead, interest accrues on the loan and is repaid when the home is sold, often when the homeowners pass away.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Nicklin rejected requests by Harry and the other celebrities to pay on a standard basis, instead favouring arguments by ANL that its costs should be repaid on a stricter so-called indemnity basis.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The court said authorities would continue to recover Hui’s illegal gains and that any shortfall would have to be repaid.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

"We granted you the comfort of a tower cell befitting your birth and station. You repaid us by trying to escape."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Music has given me so much that this album is my way of repaying music for all the blessings it’s given me.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

But falling behind on repaying your debt doesn’t automatically mean that declaring bankruptcy is right for your household.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Freezing that threshold means graduates start repaying their loans sooner, or pay more as their salaries increase with inflation while the threshold remains the same.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Since a pandemic-era pause on student-loan repayments ended in 2023, the federal government has been pushing people to start repaying their loans.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

She wrote that she was repaying a debt, although knowing Nicasia, I would guess a little nastiness wouldn’t give her mother much pause.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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