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So, the Treasury’s larger buyback plan could create an awkward backdrop for this week’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, where central bankers typically signal any big shifts in policy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

JD Sports cut its fiscal 2027 guidance for adjusted pretax profit—the company’s preferred metric, which strips out exceptional and other one-off items—due to underlying sales trends and a promotional backdrop in the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

That backdrop can keep appetite for stocks strong, but dim the appeal of bonds.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

The towering Berchtesgaden Alps provide the backdrop as Rohl details his eventful 12 months, in which he went from crisis at Sheffield Wednesday to the relative calm of Salzburg via Glasgow.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

But already our supplies from home seem to represent a bygone world: they stand out like bright party favors here in our Congolese house, set against a backdrop of mostly all mud-colored things.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

In the posts that followed, Modi's team appeared to respond to some of that criticism, experimenting with different camera angles, backdrops and lighting.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

He designed sets for plays and backdrops for operas and—using an iPad—created a hawthorn-blossom pattern for a stained-glass window in Westminster Abbey to honor the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

And so, from there, we started building backdrops.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

That’s because 1982 and 2026 have very different macroeconomic backdrops, Emanuel warns.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

To add to the confusion, there were all the new properties and painted backdrops our hired men had constructed.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

“It’s the corner of the business with momentum tailwinds, backdropped by AI’s insatiable appetite for energy.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2025

In the video, she stood on the course, backdropped by a boulder and dense fog, and said the ski area needed three things to happen for the race to be run as planned.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

By the time about 20 minutes later when the sound managed to grow a notch more, it backdropped the clinching of Morocco’s cherished 2-0 win over favored Belgium, FIFA’s second-ranked team.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022

Phil Manzanera, the 71-year-old guitarist for art-rock pioneers Roxy Music, is leaning into a computer camera backdropped by a nondescript hotel room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

Jam looked at her reflection, backdropped by the creature, then wiped her hands over her face.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

Frank tapped L.A. painter Jessalyn Brooks to paint a colorful mural on the cinderblock wall backdropping the pool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2024