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pay (for)

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as in to spring (for)

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And even better, fans can pony up some bread of their own to get one too.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Mexico long lacked the funds, or interest, to pony up the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to purchase the Gelman cache, a former chief of the country’s fine-arts agency told the Milenio news outlet this year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

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What a no vote would mean A ‘no’ vote would reject the bond proposal and prohibit the city from issuing new bonds to finance support of the Housing Trust Fund.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
An O’Neil Group affiliate, the landlord entity financing the construction, applied for the tax credit.

— Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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However, participants didn’t necessarily expend significantly less energy overall during the sleep-restriction period, according to David Creel, PhD, an exercise physiologist at Cleveland Clinic’s Enterprise Obesity Center.

— Brian Mastroianni, Health, 20 July 2026
These capabilities reduce friction by giving workers more time to focus on meaningful, high-value work rather than constantly expending energy navigating systems and processes.

— Jennifer Lee, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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