backed

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Another voter, Khachatur Movsisyan, a 59-year-old mechanical engineer, said he had backed an opposition party "because the country, and all of us, need change -- in foreign policy, domestic policy and in negotiations with Azerbaijan."

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

A couple of years ago, the biotech backed by billionaire Bob Duggan published data suggesting its drug, ivonescimab, beat back a form of lung cancer longer than Keytruda did.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“The lower-income cohorts, I can see them struggling,” said Tracy Chen, a portfolio manager at Brandywine Global who specializes in buying bonds backed by consumer and corporate debt.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Now, the largest review of research conducted so far suggests that some of those claims are backed by evidence, while others are not.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

After everything had been completely covered, I placed three big apples in the center of the hidden loop and then backed off to one side to see what kind of a job I had done.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls