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The Emirati dirham is pegged to the dollar and backed by foreign-currency reserves of $270 billion, but the war has put it under pressures from capital-flight risks, stock-market volatility and other disruptions, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The band also backed Mickie Hennessey, who later turned a Sen-penned song into a professional singing contract in South Africa.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The automotive safety company, which makes air bags and seat belts, backed its full-year outlook and said its fiscal first-quarter earnings were stronger than expected.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

The list of candidates backed by a minority shareholder PLG Holding and former CEO Luigi Lovaglio, who was pushed out by the departing board in recent weeks, unexpectedly prevailed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

I backed away, stepping on one plant, shaking the edge of my skirt where the plant had left a smear of brownish ooze.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff