backing
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“Near-term weather-driven gas demand is strong, with further backing from robust LNG,” Eli Rubin of EBW Analytics says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Taking the California Democratic Party convention stage in February, Barrera, president of the San Diego Unified Board of Education, gave a quick shout-out to the California Teachers Assn. for backing his bid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Anthropic rival OpenAI, in addition to backing the call for a pause, pushed its initial public offering into next year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The leader of one of Labour's biggest funders, Unite the Union, is among those backing limits on individual donations.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
It was a huge new building backing up to a nature preserve, on the very edge of the city.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The only thing he requests is a tin of 112 players with adhesive backings.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
At that point, bank targets may be persuaded to do deals not because they need the liquidity, but to show they have the backings of large institutional investors.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023
Dennis Reed, a proprietor of Hi-Tek Redneck Karaoke & DJ Service, served as the M.C. while overseeing the sound system and musical backings.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Ms. Kokoszka described the members as having “unselfishly donated their time, talents, fabrics, battings, backings, bindings and labels for the making of the quilts each of our honored guests will receive tonight.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020
We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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