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Lawmakers in the lower house voted overwhelmingly against him, but enough Senators backed his appointment for it to be approved.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The survey found that 21% of likely voters backed Becerra, who also served in Congress and as California’s attorney general, while 15% backed Steyer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Most attendees were aspiring founders or founders, some of whose startups are backed by Slow.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

This is where smart diplomacy, backed by a credible, proportionate threat of force, sometimes comes in handy.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

There might be some “right” price for insuring the first losses on pools of bonds backed by pools of dubious loans, but it wasn’t one-half of 1 percent.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis