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bankroll

[bangk-rohl] / ˈbæŋkˌroʊl /


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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

After surviving an attempted ouster two years prior, chief Sam Altman had carved OpenAI into his nascent industry’s undisputed king and hitched himself closely to the much wealthier Microsoft to bankroll growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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

Prosecutor Alexandra Healy KC said the former minister improperly allowed powerful men with lucrative government contracts in the oil business to bankroll her extravagant lifestyle.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Sportswriters argued that the rich event was a farce arranged to pad Seabiscuit’s bankroll.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

Phil Knight, who bankrolls Oregon, turned Nike into an intercontinental empire that transformed the Ducks into a gridiron behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 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

The high times, prosecutors seemed to imply, had been bankrolled by the Roebucks’ cash.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Hewlett bankrolled ELI’s 2018 workshops at Tianjin University, which was later placed on the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Holt believes the fact the CIA bankrolled Giaka devalues him as an informant.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Larry Ellison, co-founder of software giant Oracle, is bankrolling his son’s ambitions to acquire a second major entertainment company in less than a year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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 decision by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to stop bankrolling LIV Golf at the end of the season has plunged the future of the breakaway series into doubt.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

“Don’t even worry about it. I’m bankrolling this operation.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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