propped
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He propped up Joury on a railing to watch the horses saunter past as they prepared for the race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
"I was sleeping on the sofa, she had a bed that was propped up on books. One of the legs had fallen off completely."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The most vulnerable to the shock, the IMF has said, are low-income oil-importing countries that are not exposed to the boom in AI investment that has propped up growth in many advanced economies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
GNP, a hedge against AI robots stealing all of the remaining sports jobs, but maybe also a rickety business propped up by advertising from gambling barons and their crazy cousins in the prediction markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
I looked at it in my room later, propped up against my backpack and ready for school.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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