prop up
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The state tried to prop up the railway, but in 1998, federal officials ordered it closed over safety concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Trade is helping to prop up growth, making access to overseas markets more important than ever.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
People like Rupar, who post candid videos and photos that reveal his human weakness, pierce through the increasingly fragile White House efforts to prop up the 80-year-old president as the epitome of strength and masculinity.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Isabel Wang explained how governments’ efforts to intervene and prop up currencies or hold down interest rates might have the opposite effect.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
I prop up a framed picture of Lidia and Christian that was tipped over.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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