propped

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That reignites concerns that the market is being propped up by just a handful of companies that are spending billions of dollars on artificial-intelligence infrastructure.

From MarketWatch • May 3, 2026

After 9/11, the government stepped in to bolster the airline industry, and in 2008 it propped up a variety of industries and businesses during the Great Recession.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

For artists, Weekend 1 functions as something like up-fronts for a music industry increasingly propped up by a kind of live experience arms race.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Along with higher municipal costs and state-imposed revenue limits, towns are facing the end of federal pandemic-era aid that propped up budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

A small placard was propped beside the poster.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu