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“This is a big move,” Joel Cutler, co-founder of General Catalyst and an early Kushner backer, said of the Lakers deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Microsoft seemed like an obvious early winner in AI: The company became OpenAI’s first major corporate backer through a $1 billion investment in 2019, aligning itself early on with one of the industry’s juggernauts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

In February 2010, he spent several months in Venezuela, a major Cuban ally and financial backer.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

“Tech has been a long backer of his, but at the same time there is this growing national outcry against data centers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Thanks to several shadowy backers, three days later, according to my source inside the courthouse, on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 12:35 p.m.,

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

He is the second man to be arrested over the plot, which has strained relations between Kyiv and Berlin - one of the key European backers for Ukraine's war effort.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Crowley and his backers had undertaken an intense late-July sprint to persuade Democrats to coalesce around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Given their embrace of Piker, it’s no surprise the Pod Bros were also among the most ardent backers of Platner, defending him like an expensive red sports car.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

For years his intricate affairs had rolled along smoothly; he and his partners, his backers, his help, the people on his team—they had all proceeded cautiously, carefully, conservatively, successfully.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols