pay back
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“Later I will get a deal, and I’ll be able to pay back the investment,” she promised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“If they’re making $1 more than the average high-school graduate that’s probably not enough to pay back their student loans. It’s a starting point, it’s not where we want to end up.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
It would pay back investors using interest and loan payments from the program — not taxpayer money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Restitution is an order to pay back the criminal’s gains to the victims of the crime.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
But a debt of that size seems so impossible to pay back it is a dread thing even to start on.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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