backdrop
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The company said it had seen a drop in revenue from licensing video games, against a "challenging" backdrop for the industry, and two previous partners had ended their deals to make Warhammer-inspired titles.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Set against the backdrop of our modern culture, where we’re filming everything but listening to no one, McElwee finds himself trapped in irony’s clutches.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
It’s equally fair to call it an art video destined to be projected on the backdrop of a dance floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Pockets opened up when the rally expanded beyond tech, signaling an economic backdrop and a healthier bull market that could last longer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
There was, for instance, a photo of two young women posed before a not-terribly-convincing painted backdrop of the ocean.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
The ground is situated in the city's downtown and once you are inside it, it has one of the best backdrops I've experienced in football.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
He designed sets for plays and backdrops for operas and—using an iPad—created a hawthorn-blossom pattern for a stained-glass window in Westminster Abbey to honor the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
And so, from there, we started building backdrops.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
That’s because 1982 and 2026 have very different macroeconomic backdrops, Emanuel warns.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
Generose pressed Play on the VCR, and the screen came to life with the blurry images of a Catholic choir from Congo, singing hymns outdoors against changing backdrops of mountains and green forests.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
“It’s the corner of the business with momentum tailwinds, backdropped by AI’s insatiable appetite for energy.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025
In the video, she stood on the course, backdropped by a boulder and dense fog, and said the ski area needed three things to happen for the race to be run as planned.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
He usually retained the sinister qualities from Yang’s images — sometimes backdropped by a nuclear explosion or a horde of zombies.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
Phil Manzanera, the 71-year-old guitarist for art-rock pioneers Roxy Music, is leaning into a computer camera backdropped by a nondescript hotel room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
Jam looked at her reflection, backdropped by the creature, then wiped her hands over her face.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
Frank tapped L.A. painter Jessalyn Brooks to paint a colorful mural on the cinderblock wall backdropping the pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2024
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