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But the president has never had to confront a prop that has stopped cooperating.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

Moments before the break, prop Luke Yates pirouetted elegantly past Cooper Jenkins to slide in next to the sticks as Irwin levelled the scores with the boot as half-time approached.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

China relies disproportionately on exports to prop up growth, which gives trading partners like the U.S. leverage if they know how to use it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Opened to one of its more elaborate spreads, the original prop is both beautifully crafted and deeply unsettling, its seemingly innocent children’s-book mechanics revealing a grinning black figure and the ominous command: “LET ME IN.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

It’s uglier up there than it looks on a page or a screen because it’s not a picture or a prop.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

In “Cinema”—the flashy “Star Wars” section highlighting storyboards, set photography, models, props and life-size dioramas starring costumed characters and their vehicles—the Lucas is most at home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

She’s a big fan of EcoSet, a Glassell Park “green resource for people in the film industry to grab what they need from a selection of paint, props, backdrops and more.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

They posed in front of props such as a hot-air balloon, an upright piano or a staircase going to nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

But Kyla says she personally loves the ones which play on the lyrics "baby" and "honey" by using dolls and real honey as props.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Our house is a war zone of fabric, props, and sequins, but the chaos of it actually gives me some quiet.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

The sector has propped up the labor market in the United States in the last year, as an aging population requires more care.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

First, growth is being propped up by exports, because no one at home is buying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Years of strong gains for the so-called Magnificent Seven and other technology names have quietly propped up Americans’ spending and the U.S. economy in general.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Zemian, who had also been uncuffed, started digging through the SUV, collecting spare tactical vests, then propped them underneath the agent’s head.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

I perched on the edge of the wooden bench, my head propped in my hands.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

One side of the terraced row of houses on Llewellyn Street was demolished and replaced by the motorway, leaving the remaining side staring at either a huge concrete embankment or pillars propping up the M4.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Artificial intelligence has been “the one thing” propping up the economy and global markets, according to Apollo Global Management.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Japanese authorities spent more than $70 billion last month propping up the currency as it weakened against the greenback.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Oil tankers also won’t immediately resume transiting through the Strait of Hormuz at full-bore even if the U.S.-Iran conflict dies down, adding to pressures propping prices up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

I couldn’t believe it when she sat next to me, propping her backpack between us so she wouldn’t catch any of my cooties.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor