prop up
Example Sentences
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But Morningstar analyst Brett Husslein said that, unlike Amazon, it doesn’t have a massive cloud-computing business to prop up margins.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
And it has inflamed tensions between Miami’s growing legion of wealthy residents and the workers and small-business owners who prop up the city’s economy but increasingly feel priced out.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
As Cassidy discovers, both unpaid carers and volunteers prop up social care.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Officials were said to have spent at least $32 billion in the foreign exchange market, according to multiple reports, in its first such move to prop up the yen since 2024.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Jessie lifted up a knee to prop up the tray but overcompensated.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
