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pay (for)

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as in to spring (for)

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Now, school board members have placed two advisory questions on the November ballot aimed at putting pressure on city and state officials to pony up.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Under that plan, all of the 13 campuses in the system would freeze tuition for two years, provided the state ponies up $190 million in new support.

— Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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All three are quietly financed by the same interest rate environment.

— Khalifa Aldhaheri, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley showed earlier this year that California was spending $300 million a year just in development fees on subsidized housing, enough to have financed another 1,250 apartments each year.

— Rob Davis, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026

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Charismatic leaders expend energy to attract attention, using animation, vocal variation, facial expression and movement.

— Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The whole United States was ordered by the president to expend resources to celebrate the Navajo Code Talkers.

— Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2026

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