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prop

noun as in support

verb as in hold up or lean against

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Women will keep on doing the work of combat jobs, but will be denied the titles, honors and rewards of doing so, just to prop up the illusion that only men have the toughness to handle it.

From Salon

He added that the force was in a "precarious position" because previously used options to "prop up" its budget had run out.

From BBC

While it's a tactic that the GOP has also used to prop up candidates on the opponents' left flank, Democrats have not used that as a basis to challenge an election result.

From Salon

Sher illuminated the scene by hiding a digital projector underneath a working prop 16mm projector.

The 48-year-old bucket-hat lover spent eight years as a prop at Toulouse, winning two European Cups, before coaching the scrum at the Cheetahs and the Bulls.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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