benefactor
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With this visit, President Xi will feel he has done enough to remind Kim that his main benefactor is China.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Fear of Covid triggered border closures that caused a plunge in trade with China, North Korea’s main benefactor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In the 1870s, Leland Stanford, the railroad magnate and benefactor of the university that bears his name, funded an effort to find out.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
In “The Other Bennet Sister,” Janice Hadlow, who wrote the 2020 novel on which the 10-episode series is based, plays the loving benefactor with a reading that’s far more generous and understanding.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Still, Mollie Burkhart and many others considered him Osage County’s greatest benefactor.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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