paid

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Should they sign Anderson it would eclipse the £105m Arsenal paid West Ham for Declan Rice in 2023 as the record transfer for an English player.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In turn, Valor has paid the social media arm X, which is also part of SpaceX, $1 million each of the last couple of years to access its API.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The law firm represented all nine of the clients The Times spoke with who said they were paid to sue the county.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Jokes about Twitch streamers getting paid to do nothing were funnier the first 1,000 times you saw them somewhere, and even then, they weren’t worth more than a passing snicker.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

“You lot being paid to stand there and gawk at empty space?” she yelled.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste