backing
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Altman also sought OpenAI backing for Stoke Space, a rocket-maker aiming to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
They were backing away from the playoffs, not heading toward them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Ares’s own property-lending group originates and manages debt-related investments backing commercial real estate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
French journalist Peri Cochin organised the raffle with backing from Picasso's family and foundation.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Then her claws, her jaws, her very strangeness might have frightened him into backing away.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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