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Sunday was his second time earning the payday.—Vic Tafur, New York Times, 25 May 2026 That microscopic payday only factors in Dillard’s 30-cent quarterly dividend.—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 This story from breaking news reporter Marlene Lenthang examines the feelings of Latino vendors in and around SoFi Stadium in Inglewood amid the possibility of ICE agents working games — a gamble between their safety and a potentially lucrative payday.—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 20 May 2026 Traders on Kalshi now see OpenAI as the favorite to go public before Anthropic, giving it an 83% chance of getting the big payday first.—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for payday