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“The team would need to have a strong mandate to guarantee access to sites and personnel,” possibly backed up by the threat of force if Tehran didn’t comply, Albright said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

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 government's Sovereign AI unit is a venture capital fund that will invest in British AI companies, backed by £500m of public funding.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

California Medical Assn. spokesperson Erin Mellon said the group met with candidates and backed Swalwell “based on the information available to us” at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

He hurried around the swamp and into the woods that backed both the middle school and high school grounds.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste