repay
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Johnson said in March he would repay the $500,000 GST.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
An aging population and chronic economic anemia raise questions about whether Tokyo ever will repay the debt, a worry that all else being equal suppresses demand for Japanese assets and thus the yen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Stocks his firm bought with borrowed money sustained heavy losses in a broader AI selloff, forcing him to cut positions and raise cash to repay its lenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Cloth is also accused of engaging in a Ponzi scheme by using the acquired investor funds to repay prior investors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Anything for you. We will never repay you for what you did for us. But we’ll try.”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
She repays about £150 a month and said it feels like "a constant burden that is always hanging over your head".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Though the diary entry concedes that Mansfield was “so intelligent & inscrutable that she repays friendship,” the two women wouldn’t become friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
The loans are “revolving,” which means that when a borrower repays the loan, the money can be loaned again to a new borrower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
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
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At Carnival, CFO David Bernstein made a commitment to investors: He wouldn’t leave until the company repaid its pandemic-era debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
It is unclear whether it will have to be repaid.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Medicare will calculate the amount that must be repaid.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
He repaid the charges after a formal investigation, according to a 2006 article in the Inner-West Weekly, an Australian newspaper.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
"This is getting us nowhere, Mr. McSouthers. Just write: Westing connection: Education financed by Sam Westing. Debt never repaid."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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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
"The public debate tends to focus on total hypothetical debt accrued, as opposed to what students actually end up repaying," the university said.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Borrowers forfeit their collateral in 35% to 45% of transactions with Ezcorp’s stores for not repaying the loan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Parents who are already repaying loans will lose access to income-driven repayment plans.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
There were harvest expenses staring me in the face, along with trying to finish repaying Uncle Chester’s IOU.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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