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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

Goldman Sachs is a key backer of TXSE.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 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

I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

Another judge dealt the backers of the measure a second loss by tentatively finding that their description of the measure, submitted for the official state voter’s guide, was misleading.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Given their embrace of Piker, it’s no surprise the Pod Bros were also among the most ardent backers of Platner, defending him like an expensive red sports car.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

In the United States as in Europe, many of Darwin’s most ardent backers were successful tradespeople whose hobby was butterfly or beetle collecting.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann