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bankroll

[bangk-rohl] / ˈbæŋkˌroʊl /


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The lesson there isn’t that the size of the bankroll doesn’t matter, but that what really matters is how it’s spent.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

And once Stark Industries and Wayne Enterprises bankroll their respective super-squads’ fortified headquarters, they attract the universe’s talent.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

SINGAPORE—China’s artificial-intelligence heavyweight DeepSeek is preparing for an initial public offering as early as the second quarter of next year to bankroll its costly research and fuel growth, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The company has long relied on this high-yielding equity as its primary engine to bankroll Bitcoin acquisitions—a strategy that backfires when the shares lose ground.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

I decided against it, though, since, unless one has a large bankroll, the rate at which one wins money is too slow to be worth the time and intense concentration required.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

One Saudi source told us that the speculation could be linked to the publication on Thursday of a new four-year strategy for the country's sovereign wealth fund PIF, which bankrolls LIV.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

As for the prospects of enticing producers to ramp up output to where it was a quarter-century ago, Brownfield said, “I just don’t see it, unless the U.S. basically bankrolls them.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

It might seem wise to make room for smaller bankrolls in the city—the soul of Las Vegas is contingent on budget travelers—but those appeals are invariably ignored.

From Slate Nov. 18, 2025

In past years, this tiny desert nation has captured outsized attention largely because of the splashy real estate projects it bankrolls with proceeds from the world’s largest gas field.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2024

What’s more, she had seen off these “Calibans of brute strength, enormous bankrolls and stupendous power” using only “Nature’s greatest resource, a radiant intellect.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Amazon has also bankrolled a Manhattan Beach production services company, Innovative Dream.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

The attacks in the Red Sea that reshaped global shipping over the past month were partly bankrolled this way, too.

From Barron's Apr. 18, 2026

JD Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019, during a time when he was being heavily bankrolled by esoteric Catholic billionaire Peter Thiel.

From Salon Apr. 15, 2026

Several Nigerian businessmen are alleged to have bankrolled huge spending sprees, including more than £2m at luxury store Harrods and £4.6m on refurbishing homes in London and Buckinghamshire.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

As it turned out, the deal also bankrolled deels.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Despite its decision to stop bankrolling LIV Golf, PIF added it "remains committed" to its "substantial current and future investments in various sports as a priority sector".

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

That historic windfall has increasingly drawn Nvidia into bankrolling AI expansion through investments in startups.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Obrokta’s son had spent many years as a middle-class child with an absent father, but his teammates knew him only as a rich kid whose father was bankrolling the squad.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

The members hugged him back, from bankrolling his college tuition to sending him generous gifts when he retired in 2013 and donations when his beloved wife, Cheryl, died in 2020 after suffering a massive stroke.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2026

"Scott's bankrolling us. His mom keeps a change jar, so we've got plenty."

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies




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