paying back
Example Sentences
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BANGKOK—The internal watchdog of the World Bank’s private-investment arm found that Cambodian microfinance lenders harmed impoverished borrowers by pressuring them to keep paying back loans they couldn’t afford.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Graduates with Plan 2 loans have been paying back 9% of everything they earn over the repayment threshold which currently stands at £28,470.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
“The parent is the borrower and is responsible for paying back the loan,” the student-loan lender says.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
It requires borrowers to make regular minimum monthly payments of $10 and to be paying back their loans for 30 years before being discharged, unless they are in public service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
The impossible debt of paying back the vuvv for fake fifties romance—thousands.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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