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Ms. DeGette is a progressive, a backer of abortion rights and gun control who has cosponsored Medicare for All legislation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Microsoft seemed like an obvious early winner in AI: The company became OpenAI’s first major corporate backer through a $1 billion investment in 2019, aligning itself early on with one of the industry’s juggernauts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

A backer of the prime minister said, when Burnham had faced tough questions in the by-election campaign, "he's fallen apart".

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

It was not Su’s only foray into the space industry; his company has been a high-profile backer of some of SpaceX’s Chinese competitors.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 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

On Jan. 6, she and Carney joined other leaders in a gilded hall of the Élysée Palace in Paris for a prescheduled meeting of Ukraine’s backers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

That story, published Monday, was too much even for his staunchest backers.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Dias said that backers of noncitizen voting need to build a broad coalition — grassroots organizations, election officials, lawyers for the city — before taking the proposal to voters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Among the tax credit’s other prominent backers are two Northwest Democrats on the Senate Committee on Finance, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Maria Cantwell of Washington.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 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