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backing

[bak-ing] / ˈbæk ɪŋ /


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Stadium-linked businesses are backing a proposal that would roll back or eliminate the city’s billboard program and end its exclusive agreement with WOW.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Some big investors are backing away from private equity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But Wall Street is backing the company to make a comeback with a raft of initiation notes on Monday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

And that backing can give them significantly more power and influence than a priest, typically a figure lower on the church’s organizational chart, would normally have.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

He was intent upon her face and her slow backing away.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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