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Ed Sheeran's backing band and all of his support acts have pulled out of the artist's US tour.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Barings in Charlotte, N.C., is backing healthcare investor Soleus Capital with a senior secured financing facility that is secured by a portfolio of royalties from commercial-stage pharmaceutical products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Taking the California Democratic Party convention stage in February, Barrera, president of the San Diego Unified Board of Education, gave a quick shout-out to the California Teachers Assn. for backing his bid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Anthropic rival OpenAI, in addition to backing the call for a pause, pushed its initial public offering into next year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

This was a miracle—Katherine backing away from an argument?

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Many of Clarke's poems were originally released with musical backings masterminded by producer Martin Hannett, who was known for his work with Joy Division.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

At that point, bank targets may be persuaded to do deals not because they need the liquidity, but to show they have the backings of large institutional investors.

From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023

Dennis Reed, a proprietor of Hi-Tek Redneck Karaoke & DJ Service, served as the M.C. while overseeing the sound system and musical backings.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

Ms. Kokoszka described the members as having “unselfishly donated their time, talents, fabrics, battings, backings, bindings and labels for the making of the quilts each of our honored guests will receive tonight.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020

We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood