prop
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While Brisbane Broncos prop Ben Talty is yet to feature for England, late call-up Kallum Watkins is another on the interchange bench with Victor Radley and Jack Welsby dropping out.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
How can such a premier establishment as the Academy claim to revere filmmaking if they’re unwilling to prop up all forms of the art?
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
It relies on profits from the Tuvalu Trust Fund to prop up the government budget.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Meanwhile, bigger companies are turning to all-inclusive resorts to prop up growth.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
I rock from side to side and try to use an elbow to prop myself up.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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Daniels felt the rules were capricious, and perhaps personally tailored to obstruct her: the prohibition on props, the three-minute time limit, the penalty of “trespass” for those in violation.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
When the 37-year-old musical-theater performer and professor from Malden recorded her audition, she had her two lucky props: a Larry Bird doll and a souvenir Dunkin’ cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
This year's team will install beams and props to help the buildings withstand increased precipitation and snow loading, as well as monitor the penguins.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Expect costumes, props and life-size vehicles from the film, as well as projection-based rooms designed to immerse guests in the desert planet of Arrakis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
As a finishing touch, she props up one of the framed prints, some Arabic calligraphy, on the side table.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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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
The business, founded in 1777 in Dorset in southwest England, is propped up by brewing and selling its own beer, and by renting an additional roughly 100 pubs to tenants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 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 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
But her eyelids fluttered every now and then, and her nodding head was stubbornly propped up on one fist.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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She said support from all over Ireland was "propping up our community right now; we have never seen support and solidarity like it".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Bonfig has outlined a number of plans aimed at propping up Best Buy’s business, like new medium- and small-format locations, a broader assortment and a focus on the company’s advertising business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Plus, China’s AI advances worry U.S. officials, and the big contracts propping up the AI boom may not be sure things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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
Moody would never remember crossing the street, or propping his bike in the front walkway, or introducing himself.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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