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bankroll

[bangk-rohl] / ˈbæŋkˌroʊl /


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The lesson there isn’t that the size of the bankroll doesn’t matter, but that what really matters is how it’s spent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

And once Stark Industries and Wayne Enterprises bankroll their respective super-squads’ fortified headquarters, they attract the universe’s talent.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

LIV is reeling from the withdrawal of Saudi Arabian financial backing from the end of this season after the Kingdom ploughed in more than £3.75bn to bankroll its first three years.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Chinese companies have been on a fundraising spree to bankroll costly research and infrastructure expansion, though valuations are still a fraction of those of their American peers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

With this bankroll, he was able to purchase and outfit a three-masted, coal-powered barkentine called Polaris from a Norwegian firm that specialized in polar vessels.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

As for the prospects of enticing producers to ramp up output to where it was a quarter-century ago, Brownfield said, “I just don’t see it, unless the U.S. basically bankrolls them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

It might seem wise to make room for smaller bankrolls in the city—the soul of Las Vegas is contingent on budget travelers—but those appeals are invariably ignored.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

In past years, this tiny desert nation has captured outsized attention largely because of the splashy real estate projects it bankrolls with proceeds from the world’s largest gas field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

The American-based PGA Tour, Europe's DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which bankrolls LIV, surprised the golfing world last June when they announced a "framework agreement" to merge interests.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024

What’s more, she had seen off these “Calibans of brute strength, enormous bankrolls and stupendous power” using only “Nature’s greatest resource, a radiant intellect.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The high times, prosecutors seemed to imply, had been bankrolled by the Roebucks’ cash.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Amazon has also bankrolled a Manhattan Beach production services company, Innovative Dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

But LIV’s future is on the brink now that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which bankrolled the entire operation, has decided to turn off the funding tap after this season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

The LIV project, which pivoted to a more traditional 72-hole format this year, has been bankrolled by an eye-watering amount of money from PIF.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

The biopic was bankrolled by Daniel Vorcaro, a jailed banker who is accused of orchestrating one of Brazil's largest financial fraud cases.

From Barron's

That historic windfall has increasingly drawn Nvidia into bankrolling AI expansion through investments in startups.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

A little-used Federal Reserve backstop built for the 2020 dollar shortage is being put to a use it was never designed for: bankrolling Japan’s defense of the yen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

The organization has donated sporadically in recent years, according to Police Commission records, mostly bankrolling holiday parties and other smaller events aimed at boosting officer morale.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

The decision by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to stop bankrolling LIV Golf at the end of the season has plunged the future of the breakaway series into doubt.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

“Don’t even worry about it. I’m bankrolling this operation.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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