backing
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Journeyman goaltender Anton Forsberg, who spent most of his first season in Los Angeles backing up Darcy Kuemper, won five straight starts in April to key the Kings’ fast finish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Ares’s own property-lending group originates and manages debt-related investments backing commercial real estate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
He said parliament was poised to take one of the century's "most important decisions", noting the quota had unanimous backing and was meant to be implemented by 2029.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Shares have since bounced back after the company announced in February it was backing out of the bidding war by not matching Paramount’s latest offer.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Then her claws, her jaws, her very strangeness might have frightened him into backing away.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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