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The extra cash "really helps, especially to pay for my children's college", said 50-year-old Octavius, who like many Indonesians uses a single name.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Plus, taking on managerial duties too often amounts to a “dry” promotion that brings no additional pay and less security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
This seems to be more evidence that too many young people are going to college, and not enough are training for trades that pay well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
It agreed to pay $12.7bn and implement a two-hour daily limit for teen users across its platforms by default, in addition to muted notifications during school hours, blocks at night and other measures.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Fifty cents would be a lot to pay for a matinee, but the Egyptian Theatre was new, a lavish movie palace, and it had an exclusive on the picture.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
So far, users have submitted over 350,000 observations, about half of which have been validated and paid for.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
“It’s a risk we decided to take, and thankfully it paid off.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Departments said using influencers helped the government to reach people who may be harder to engage through traditional channels, with content creators paid fairly for their time and expertise.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
For decades, single, divorced and many widowed drivers have paid more for auto insurance in California than those who are married.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
At first, it was just a couple of posts a week, all my own screenshots of awkwardness no one paid attention to.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
The exact format of the competition is yet to be confirmed, but it is expected that games will be payed behind closed doors in the Kyiv region and other cities further west.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2022
Born into a jazz family, Mtume payed in Miles Davis’ electric band before becoming a Grammy-winning R&B songwriter and producer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
Rapper Kanye West payed tribute to his friend and colleague during his weekly Sunday Service gospel music performance.
From Reuters ● Nov. 30, 2021
The cuts are reportedly the result of Oppo expanding too rapidly in recent years, moving aggressively into new countries and product categories with big bets that haven’t payed off.
From The Verge ● Sep. 20, 2021
Mr. Morgan, the one, was a reluctant aspirant for the honor, but he payed his respects to the people by calling meetings at various points and addressing them.
The KehatiKu project aims to break that cycle by paying individuals in nine participating villages in West Kalimantan province for photos or recordings of animals instead.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The increase could help push up mortgage rates for home buyers and lead to Americans paying more on other types of debt.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Carrying balances on those accounts is a flashing red light that changes need to be made to your budget. Don’t burn calories worrying about 3.75% vs. 4% when you are paying 20%.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
His administration persuaded Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, xAI, OpenAI and Amazon to sign a voluntary pledge not to leave consumers paying for new power infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
I imagined Mrs. Kuen dropping by the shop under the guise of paying a social visit, innocently mentioning to Ma that she’d seen me with James.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
