backer
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Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, on a visit to Australia, supported security cooperation with key defence backer Washington and neighbour Seoul.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
His backer was Chicago private-equity firm Granite Creek Capital Partners, which aims to invest $10 million to $30 million in companies with at least $3 million of Ebitda, according to its website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Tech has been a long backer of his, but at the same time there is this growing national outcry against data centers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
In February 2010, he spent several months in Venezuela, a major Cuban ally and financial backer.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Thanks to several shadowy backers, three days later, according to my source inside the courthouse, on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 12:35 p.m.,
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
He is the second man to be arrested over the plot, which has strained relations between Kyiv and Berlin - one of the key European backers for Ukraine's war effort.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Serve Robotics went public in 2024, with Uber as one of its backers, and has been delivering for restaurants on the Uber Eats platform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
After all, El-Sayed recently had to plead with his backers not to take personal shots at Stevens and her accent online.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Another challenge for Jim and Paul was to remain in close contact with core PIH backers.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
