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How to use the word payback in a Sentence?

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Kevin McCarthy just kicked me and @RepSwalwell off the Intelligence Committee, this is petty, political payback for investigating Donald Trump. If he thinks this will stop me, he will soon find out just how wrong he is. I will always defend our democracy.

Kevin McCarthy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

For me, as president, a just peace is no compromises as to the sovereignty, freedom and territorial integrity of our country, the payback for all the damages inflicted by Russian aggression.

Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s like a big f — - you to him, it’s the perfect payback.

The Leviev family

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This boy thought he could get away with performing this sketch for the team that wrote this for him This is not harassment This is payback.

Kanye West

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

People see the ability to commit these' smash-and-grab incidents' knowing that there is little consequence, especially if the thefts are kept below the threshold of a felony offense, it's easy, it's fast, and the payback is good.

Lynda Buel

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I saw Kevin get into Chase, get his payback I ’m guessing. But, man, Chase’s team did such a good job fighting through that, i think any other race in the season, you ’ll probably give up and just patch it together the best you can, and the driver also is probably going to limp it around and accept that they are n’t going to make the next round.

Kyle Larson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If United States catch me United States're going to kill me, kill my kids and my wife too. United States's payback time for United States Najibulla Sahak know.

Najibulla Sahak

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I guess it also rings a bell for some countries, which are still struggling to fight COVID-19, that without strict measures, the virus wont be fended off. We fought hard, this is our payback.

Zhang Yong

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

With the narrow price differential, it doubles the length of time for scrubber payback. Seaways installed scrubbers on our highest-consuming ships and the payback period is likely within 2-3 years.

Lois Zabrocky

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Given an unprecedented decline in driving, customers will receive a Shelter-in-Place Payback.

United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Clearly, there's an expectation there on the Russian side that they may now have success with the Magnitsky Act, given that the prior meeting and communications dealt with the offer of help, it certainly seems like the Russians were ready for payback.

Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The emails just point out what so many of us believed, that the process was rigged for Hillary Clinton, it looks a little like Wasserman Shultz is getting a payback for her helping get Hillary Clinton elected. … My campaign believes that people who wanted to vote for Wasserman Shultz just should n’t vote at all because a vote for her is a vote for the rigged process.

Joe Kaufman

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We would consider strategic options to make small acquisitions that could help accelerate growth in the United States and provide a good payback to shareholders in a reasonable period of time.

Chief Executive Dave McKay

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Grassroots stimulus through consumption is not the answer, stimulus through personal debt is just a time bomb. The benefit will be short lived, and the payback painful.

Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We would interpret the June weakness as payback after housing activity made a strong start to 2015 and expect the housing market to remain in recovery mode.

Blerina Uruci

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is harder to make a return, payback is delayed... therefore we believe our businesses in parking and online payment are better placed in the hand of another investor of that type that is able to take them forward.

Chief Executive Dominic Taylor

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I thought it was going to be a really good knock on the front nine, but a few little errant drives meant the rough got its payback on me today.

Andy Sullivan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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