bankroll

Example Sentences

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It has also co-opted the economy, so that Sudan’s many riches bankroll the belligerents even as most Sudanese are impoverished.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Brock said he would use some of the money to bankroll another attempt at running for state office, hoping to leverage political power “against corruption and fraud.”

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Will they keep faith and bankroll a head coach who was backed with a £450m transfer outlay last summer, or cut their losses to make a fresh start?

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will no longer bankroll LIV Golf after this season, signaling the league’s end in its current form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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