bankroll
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The company has long relied on this high-yielding equity as its primary engine to bankroll Bitcoin acquisitions—a strategy that backfires when the shares lose ground.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Alphabet’s Gemini wasn’t, but it multiplied its bets anyway, tending to lose more than half its bankroll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Big Tech may increasingly sell stock to bankroll $820 billion AI boom.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
It has also co-opted the economy, so that Sudan’s many riches bankroll the belligerents even as most Sudanese are impoverished.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Sportswriters argued that the rich event was a farce arranged to pad Seabiscuit’s bankroll.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
One Saudi source told us that the speculation could be linked to the publication on Thursday of a new four-year strategy for the country's sovereign wealth fund PIF, which bankrolls LIV.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
As for the prospects of enticing producers to ramp up output to where it was a quarter-century ago, Brownfield said, “I just don’t see it, unless the U.S. basically bankrolls them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
It might seem wise to make room for smaller bankrolls in the city—the soul of Las Vegas is contingent on budget travelers—but those appeals are invariably ignored.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
In past years, this tiny desert nation has captured outsized attention largely because of the splashy real estate projects it bankrolls with proceeds from the world’s largest gas field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
What’s more, she had seen off these “Calibans of brute strength, enormous bankrolls and stupendous power” using only “Nature’s greatest resource, a radiant intellect.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
The men are part of a group of industry insiders who are alleged to have bankrolled spending sprees and luxury home stays by Alison-Madueke, 65.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
JD Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019, during a time when he was being heavily bankrolled by esoteric Catholic billionaire Peter Thiel.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026
There’s also a nascent league, the Professional Women’s Hockey League, which began playing in 2023, is bankrolled by Dodgers/Lakers plutocrat Mark Walter, and has had impressive success, filling arenas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Just four months earlier, he had bankrolled his son David’s $8-billion acquisition of the storied Paramount Pictures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
Humain, launched in May, is bankrolled by Saudi's powerful Public Investment Fund, which has played a key role in financing the kingdom's so-called gigaprojects -- major developments aimed at boosting and diversifying its oil-reliant economy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
The decision by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to stop bankrolling LIV Golf at the end of the season has plunged the future of the breakaway series into doubt.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Later, they bet on renewables, bankrolling enormous hydroelectric projects, solar fields and wind farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
City National Bank has been sued for more than $770 million for allegedly bankrolling a Hollywood Ponzi scheme, the latest in a series of controversies involving one of L.A.’s best-known banks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
Musk is not the only tech executive bankrolling the effort.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
“Don’t even worry about it. I’m bankrolling this operation.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
