backing
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Ed Sheeran's backing band and all of his support acts have pulled out of the artist's US tour.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Irish folk group Beoga also said on Instagram it will no longer serve as Sheeran’s backing band.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
“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
May said, backing away from her grandmother, Jack, the blond woman—everyone.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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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