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The outsize diamond is everyone’s ticket out, a liberation as payday.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
The Instagram account is barely a week old, yet nearly 42,000 Charlotte residents are already following, chasing a quick payday.
—Evan Moore
december 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Dec. 2025
In all, the usual cinematic run of crime and evasion, desperate measures and paranoid obsessions, reverberate with a specific sense of playing for more than a payday or a romance.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
By the end of the season, the crews are set to pull in nearly $100 million — the biggest payday in franchise history.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 8 Dec. 2025
The Instagram account is barely a week old, yet nearly 42,000 Charlotte residents are already following, chasing a quick payday.
—Evan Moore
december 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Dec. 2025
In all, the usual cinematic run of crime and evasion, desperate measures and paranoid obsessions, reverberate with a specific sense of playing for more than a payday or a romance.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
By the end of the season, the crews are set to pull in nearly $100 million — the biggest payday in franchise history.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Payday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payday. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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payday
noun
pay·day
ˈpā-ˌdā 
: a regular day on which wages are paid
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