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The moment causes Byron, a selfish and braggadocious villain, to have a change of heart, stopping shipments of The Beauty and paying off the families ravaged by its gruesome side effects, like Bella’s.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026 -
Now, the Americans' wager is paying off.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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For nearly a decade, NASA relied on Russian Soyuz spacecraft, paying up to $80 million per astronaut seat, roughly $4 billion in total.—
Svetla Ben-Itzhak,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Demand for charter flights has skyrocketed, with some people paying up to 200,000 euros ($232,000) as major airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha, Qatar, were closed after the start of the conflict last weekend.—
Stefanie Dazio,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Paying down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paying%20down. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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