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Gazprom publicly became the IBA’s financial backer, filling its coffers with tens of millions of dollars.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

“The track record of memecoins has been rocky at best, and it was not clear that this issue had either the backer or the timing to buck that trend.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

The company, which counts Bill Gates as an early backer, went public in a buzzy IPO in May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Germany, a key backer of Ukraine in its fight against Russia, has reported suspicious drone sightings at sensitive sites, including the discovery in August of an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig airport.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

OpenAI was founded in part because its backers, including first investor Elon Musk, feared that AI's development would end up in the hands of Google, which they believed could not be trusted with the technology.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

When Schwarzenegger left office, his supporters turned the protocol foundation over to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown’s backers, who in turn handed it over to Newsom’s team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Musk had unusual demands for Boring’s investors, which include a slew of his longtime backers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The largest hydropower project hit in the August disaster was the 216-megawatt Upper Trishuli 1, whose backers had commissioned extensive technical evaluations before breaking ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

In the United States as in Europe, many of Darwin’s most ardent backers were successful tradespeople whose hobby was butterfly or beetle collecting.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann