backing
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Bruno Mars performs on stage at Wembley stadium with his backing band 'The Hooligans'
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Burnham has vowed to maintain the strong backing for Kyiv begun under former Conservative premier Boris Johnson following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Ellison has backing from his father, tech billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Others are newer venture funds that built their brands around backing the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
She curtsied and started backing toward the door.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Many of Clarke's poems were originally released with musical backings masterminded by producer Martin Hannett, who was known for his work with Joy Division.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
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
Dennis Reed, a proprietor of Hi-Tek Redneck Karaoke & DJ Service, served as the M.C. while overseeing the sound system and musical backings.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
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
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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