backing

Example Sentences

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Some big investors are backing away from private equity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But Wall Street is backing the company to make a comeback with a raft of initiation notes on Monday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

And that backing can give them significantly more power and influence than a priest, typically a figure lower on the church’s organizational chart, would normally have.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Billam-Smith, fighting for the first time since signing with Zuffa Boxing, emptied the tank - landing at least 10 successive hooks - in the sixth after backing Rozicki into the corner.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

When Lyndon Johnson took over after Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, he promised to continue backing South Vietnam.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin