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And yet the government’s heavy focus on policing and security has paid off in some ways.

Running as a champion of women’s right to bodily autonomy doesn’t only work in purple states: It also paid off in Montana, which Trump carried by about 20 points.

Prosecutors said that Trump tried to disguise reimbursements to his personal attorney, who had paid off an adult film star with whom Trump allegedly had an affair.

It rekindled a joy for soccer he hadn’t felt since he was a young boy playing on the dusty streets outside Rio de Janeiro, and that joy has paid off with 16 goals and 14 assists.

It paid off as a nine-game unbeaten run followed, as did qualification for the delayed Euro 2020 finals - Scotland's first major tournament in more than two decades.