backer
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SEIU-UHW West is the primary backer of Californians for Responsible Healthcare and the Yes on 44 campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Private equity backer TSG, which took a 22% stake in the brewer in 2017, is set to lose £27.6m.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
China is a top economic partner of Iran that buys much of its oil output and is also a key diplomatic backer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Gazprom publicly became the IBA’s financial backer, filling its coffers with tens of millions of dollars.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 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
Saleh was interviewed in January, when Bab el-Mandeb was thrust into the power struggle between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the friendly-but-occasionally-fractious backers of Yemen’s internationally recognized government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The academy’s backers stand to benefit by getting early access to tech’s next wave of talent and ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
While his backers have argued that many of the problems the nation faces are inherited, Merz himself is deeply unpopular.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The war-torn country initially used its own revenues to pay for defence spending but has increasingly relied on foreign backers for these outlays.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
No one knew better than Ernest that his expansion plans would outstrip the resources of the university, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Research Corporation, his customary financial backers.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
