prop

Example Sentences

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Tesla critic Dan O'Dowd says Musk's comments on texting are part of a wider effort to prop up his company by confusing people about its advancements, despite the risks.

From BBC

Critics say it is an outdated practice that serves no real purpose other than to prop up an agency that takes its job way too seriously.

From The Wall Street Journal

The England prop was not even supposed to be on the pitch.

From BBC

That is raising the prospect that Japan’s Ministry of Finance could intervene in the market to prop up the currency.

From Barron's

In Tel Aviv, a crowd of hostage families and their supporters marched with six prop coffins.

From BBC