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backing

[bak-ing] / ˈbæk ɪŋ /


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More than 15,000 people signed her petition, and the campaign also won the backing of two former prime ministers, several MPs, influential figures, mental health advocates, and online safety experts.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Numerous foreign paramilitaries have been seen in the vast, unstable central African country, where locals say they are backing the ill-armed government forces against the M23.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Now, Beijing is backing down, at least temporarily, as it buys time for further talks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

With a roster of A-list session warriors, including drummers Matt Chamberlain and Jay Bellerose, their backing band and orchestra lend a grandeur to the LP that finally matched their aesthetic ambitions and gothic lore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Around me the women were backing away, so there was a space between us.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

The only thing he requests is a tin of 112 players with adhesive backings.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

At that point, bank targets may be persuaded to do deals not because they need the liquidity, but to show they have the backings of large institutional investors.

From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023

Ms. Kokoszka described the members as having “unselfishly donated their time, talents, fabrics, battings, backings, bindings and labels for the making of the quilts each of our honored guests will receive tonight.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020

Schematic facial features, like a distinctive square chin, and the numerous dashes of brown tape with which they’re affixed to white backings, give them the friendly mix-and-match appeal of trading cards.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2020

We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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