backing

Example Sentences

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It is backing two proposals: a cap on stadium parking rates and a tax on event tickets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Ruth Messinger, the former Manhattan borough president and a Jewish progressive icon, called Lander a man of integrity and is backing him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

More and more investors are backing the stock to capitalize on the AI boom.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

And that backing can give them significantly more power and influence than a priest, typically a figure lower on the church’s organizational chart, would normally have.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

When Lyndon Johnson took over after Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he promised to continue backing South Vietnam.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin