backing

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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

Ruth Messinger, the former Manhattan borough president and a Jewish progressive icon, called Lander a man of integrity and is backing him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

More and more investors are backing the stock to capitalize on the AI boom.

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

The Vanderbeeker kids gave each other uneasy glances before backing up in the direction of the stairs.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser