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backing

[bak-ing] / ˈbæk ɪŋ /


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But they will come up against a Liverpool side that are starting to find some rhythm under Andoni Iraola and will have backing from a re-energised Anfield crowd.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The local chapter ultimately endorsed her for mayor, a backing that came with legions of door-knockers talking to voters on her behalf.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

For his ninth LP, he decided to write songs inspired by his youth and used two different backing bands to create variation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

This month, he posted a new video backing the billionaire tax, noting that the Proposition 40 campaign saw his earlier post and then paid him to make content.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

“You’re heartless, Gregor Whitman,” I said, continuing forward, backing him up against the fence.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

The only thing he requests is a tin of 112 players with adhesive backings.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

At that point, bank targets may be persuaded to do deals not because they need the liquidity, but to show they have the backings of large institutional investors.

From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023

Ms. Kokoszka described the members as having “unselfishly donated their time, talents, fabrics, battings, backings, bindings and labels for the making of the quilts each of our honored guests will receive tonight.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020

Schematic facial features, like a distinctive square chin, and the numerous dashes of brown tape with which they’re affixed to white backings, give them the friendly mix-and-match appeal of trading cards.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2020

We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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