benefactor
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Castro is remembered by supporters as having guided Cuba through multiple crises -- US-backed invasions, embargoes, assassination plots and the intense hardship caused by the collapse of Cuba's main ally and benefactor, the Soviet Union.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
She believed the gold coins may have been hidden there four years ago by a mystery benefactor.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
“He’s presenting himself as her benefactor, not just her business partner,” explained Cialdini.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Let’s say your benefactor bought the house for $500,000, and the house was worth $1.5 million when you inherited it.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
This injustice rankled, and at that moment I saw Dr. Kerr less as a benefactor than as a not-altogether-benign dictator.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
So boards start “digging for dollars” by searching for loopholes in restricted funds given by benefactors who are deceased, Moore said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Supported by unnamed donors, he offers encouragement and religious-based morale boosts to politicians or their mutual benefactors.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
And if last week's reporting on LIV is accurate, the money tap from their Saudi Arabian benefactors might soon dry up.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
“I think the market is saying these financial companies are going to be the biggest benefactors of AI,” with margin and operational efficiency improvements, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026
“Why do you wish to destroy your benefactors? They have food for you, but they cannot give it to you until you do what they want.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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