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pay (for)

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as in to spring (for)

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That was fine in the past, when frustrated boosters would often pony up the cash needed to make a mid-contract move.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026
It was announced on Saturday that Judkins and QB Deshaun Watson had been fined a cool $14,397, while guard Austin Barber, who also snuck a hit off of the invisible blunt, had to pony up $6,944.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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But a dollar paid in tax cannot also finance an engineer’s salary or a new production line.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The filing shed more light on Meta's plan to create a new class of non-voting stock, Class C, in January to help finance investments and acquisitions without diluting CEO Mark Zuckerberg's voting control.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

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Why expend so much money convincing an audience to trust what a studio is selling when a digital filmmaker has already established that trust with their millions of followers?

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
After losing to Philadelphia in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series, the Braves had to expend arms and energy to win Game 3 on Thursday.

— Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026

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