backing

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“To think that you can negotiate with Russia without any military backing is an illusion,” said James Bindenagel, a former U.S. diplomat under the Clinton administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

You’ve got CEOs backing you, and fans raving, and you’ve managed to milk social media attention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

He also gave to conservative causes, backing groups like Texas Values, Texas Right to Life and the Texas GOP itself.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

She described the flat as "beautiful", with a garden backing onto a park, and said she could not understand why it proved so hard to sell.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

In California he fell among literary people and, as he still had a little of the fifty thousand left, in a short time he was backing a review of the Arts.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway