repay

Example Sentences

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He would repay her with pearls of wisdom from more than four decades of coaching college basketball and a dozen trips to the Final Four.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“While these are precisely the students who will now be protected from excessive federal loans they could not repay, further steps should be considered to facilitate their access to advanced degrees.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The £377m was classified as a loan, the report said, but the DBT has no repayment schedule in place and it was not apparent that British Steel would be able to repay the loan.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

BuzzFeed previously issued a warning about its ability to continue as a going concern in May, and took out a $40 million loan to fully repay its obligations to certain debtholders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“He gave up his life fighting for you, and you won’t do anything to repay that?”

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon