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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

Chinese companies have been on a fundraising spree to bankroll costly research and infrastructure expansion, though valuations are still a fraction of those of their American peers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

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

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

Though Amazon bankrolls productions and promotes them under the Amazon brand, the company often employs a production services company to manage day-to-day operations.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

So far, the Hangzhou-based firm has been largely bankrolled by founder Liang Wenfeng’s own cash and profit from High-Flyer, the hedge fund that he co-founded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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

The LIV project, which pivoted to a more traditional 72-hole format this year, has been bankrolled by an eye-watering amount of money from PIF.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

A little-used Federal Reserve backstop built for the 2020 dollar shortage is being put to a use it was never designed for: bankrolling Japan’s defense of the yen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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

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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