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bankroll

[bangk-rohl] / ˈbæŋkˌroʊl /


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He was forced during the campaign to admit he had asked jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro, at the heart of one of Brazil's largest financial fraud cases, to bankroll the film.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Ellisons’ generosity helped bankroll player acquisitions and opened doors for Jolin’s behind-the-scenes involvement in Michigan sports teams over the past three years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The lesson there isn’t that the size of the bankroll doesn’t matter, but that what really matters is how it’s spent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

And once Stark Industries and Wayne Enterprises bankroll their respective super-squads’ fortified headquarters, they attract the universe’s talent.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

With this bankroll, he was able to purchase and outfit a three-masted, coal-powered barkentine called Polaris from a Norwegian firm that specialized in polar vessels.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

One Saudi source told us that the speculation could be linked to the publication on Thursday of a new four-year strategy for the country's sovereign wealth fund PIF, which bankrolls LIV.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Phil Knight, who bankrolls Oregon, turned Nike into an intercontinental empire that transformed the Ducks into a gridiron behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

It might seem wise to make room for smaller bankrolls in the city—the soul of Las Vegas is contingent on budget travelers—but those appeals are invariably ignored.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

In past years, this tiny desert nation has captured outsized attention largely because of the splashy real estate projects it bankrolls with proceeds from the world’s largest gas field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

What’s more, she had seen off these “Calibans of brute strength, enormous bankrolls and stupendous power” using only “Nature’s greatest resource, a radiant intellect.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Women now have access to greater financial freedom, which leads to more choice and opportunity, “but it also creates dissonance when someone is expecting to be bankrolled by a partner,” Hoffman said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Tesla investors and customers should be grateful that they bankrolled this brave new world.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

For nearly two decades, Roman Abramovich was the most famous Russian oligarch in the UK, welcomed in London where he bought Chelsea Football Club in 2003 and bankrolled the club's most successful period.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

He allegedly used his illicit wealth to fulfill his dreams of playing professional soccer, buying himself a spot in the starting lineup for teams he bankrolled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Hewlett bankrolled ELI’s 2018 workshops at Tianjin University, which was later placed on the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

That historic windfall has increasingly drawn Nvidia into bankrolling AI expansion through investments in startups.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

The decision by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to stop bankrolling LIV Golf at the end of the season has plunged the future of the breakaway series into doubt.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

The members hugged him back, from bankrolling his college tuition to sending him generous gifts when he retired in 2013 and donations when his beloved wife, Cheryl, died in 2020 after suffering a massive stroke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

These ads better be bankrolling the most distressing movie ever made.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026

“Don’t even worry about it. I’m bankrolling this operation.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon


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