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He was livestreaming his coffee run to an uptempo backing track.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

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

“Well, it’s important to have all food groups,” I respond quickly, backing away.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Many of Clarke's poems were originally released with musical backings masterminded by producer Martin Hannett, who was known for his work with Joy Division.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

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

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

Schematic facial features, like a distinctive square chin, and the numerous dashes of brown tape with which they’re affixed to white backings, give them the friendly mix-and-match appeal of trading cards.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 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