backed

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His second company, called Lucy, was backed by Y Combinator, the venture firm that Altman ran at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Advocacy groups including Equal Rights Advocates, Child USA and Sanctuary for Families have backed her efforts, warning that allowing retaliatory defamation claims to proceed could chill survivors from coming forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

The facility received an A3 rating from Moody’s, marking the first time a loan backed by high-performance computing infrastructure has achieved investment-grade status.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

It said leaflets, social media messages and signage would be used to help promote the ban which will also be backed up by the power to issue fixed penalty notices.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In the evening, Macon backed the blue Jeep out of the driveway without saying where he was going.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn