backer

Sir Chris Hoy meets employees from Tour de 4 backer ScottishPower for a special training session at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Russia was a key backer of the Assad regime, and in the days after his fall, Assad released a statement confirming that he had fled there.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

“I think the problem they’re solving is really important and they have an interesting solution,” said Gracias, who was an early backer of Tesla and SpaceX.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Ms. DeGette is a progressive, a backer of abortion rights and gun control who has cosponsored Medicare for All legislation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Its financial backers were struggling and its stars - including horror legend Christopher Lee - had to go without being paid to get it finished.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Thanks to several shadowy backers, three days later, according to my source inside the courthouse, on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 12:35 p.m.,

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Among their backers was a third Nobel brother, Alfred, already well on his way to immense wealth after patenting dynamite in 1867.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Another judge dealt the backers of the measure a second loss by tentatively finding that their description of the measure, submitted for the official state voter’s guide, was misleading.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

For years his intricate affairs had rolled along smoothly; he and his partners, his backers, his help, the people on his team—they had all proceeded cautiously, carefully, conservatively, successfully.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols