backed
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Raman backed Bass’ declaration of a homelessness emergency, which gave the mayor the power to award contracts and sign leases directly.
From Los Angeles Times
The Scotland front row were backed up once more.
From BBC
The Accelerator Fund, a privately backed nonprofit, is hoping to ease some of those concerns by providing short-term, low-cost loans to developers in order to cover those higher-than-usual early costs.
From Los Angeles Times
Other companies with recently issued exploitation permits include an anorthosite mining project backed by investors from Denmark and Luxembourg, and a molybdenum project backed by the European Union and run by Canadian company Greenland Resources.
From Barron's
A bipartisan safety bill that the Lilleys backed awaits action in the House.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
