backer
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Gazprom publicly became the IBA’s financial backer, filling its coffers with tens of millions of dollars.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
“The track record of memecoins has been rocky at best, and it was not clear that this issue had either the backer or the timing to buck that trend.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Kendall had been a key backer of Democrat Andrew Jackson in the 1828 election, having defected from Henry Clay’s Whigs.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Traders sold down debt issued by Guggenheim, Walter’s financial firm, and Sammons, an insurance company and early Walter backer that still holds a stake in Guggenheim Capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
Musk had unusual demands for Boring’s investors, which include a slew of his longtime backers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Among those she named was British billionaire Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based businessman, who is one of Reform's biggest backers.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The investment will make 1789 one of Polymarket’s largest backers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The bill’s backers are hopeful it will wriggle through this legislative session and land on the governor’s desk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Sympathetic to Bobby’s plight, the committee circulated to its members a letter of protest that was ultimately sent to Icelandic Television, other media, and to the financial backers and distributors of the film.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
