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pay dividends

to bring about something good as a result of past effort or actions.
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Aoun's alliance with Hezbollah appears finally to have paid dividends in moving him into the presidential palace, which the 128-member parliament must formally vote on, probably next week.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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