bankroll
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The company has long relied on this high-yielding equity as its primary engine to bankroll Bitcoin acquisitions—a strategy that backfires when the shares lose ground.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Mejia said Sokoloff’s mother — married to Jonathan Sokoloff, managing partner of private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners — was trying to bankroll the seat for her son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 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
She offered him another five dollars if he went back, and he built a small bankroll until he couldn’t deny he had found a true passion.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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One Saudi source told us that the speculation could be linked to the publication on Thursday of a new four-year strategy for the country's sovereign wealth fund PIF, which bankrolls LIV.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Phil Knight, who bankrolls Oregon, turned Nike into an intercontinental empire that transformed the Ducks into a gridiron behemoth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 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
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
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The men are part of a group of industry insiders who are alleged to have bankrolled spending sprees and luxury home stays by Alison-Madueke, 65.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
JD Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019, during a time when he was being heavily bankrolled by esoteric Catholic billionaire Peter Thiel.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026
Executives at the Saudi Public Investment Fund, which bankrolled Six Flags Qiddiya City, have told others that things are “business as usual,” according to people familiar with those discussions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
And ever since Matthew Boulton bankrolled Watt’s engine—and got rich off it—folks with dreams and some extra cash have been eager to get a piece of the action.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Just four months earlier, he had bankrolled his son David’s $8-billion acquisition of the storied Paramount Pictures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
Obrokta’s son had spent many years as a middle-class child with an absent father, but his teammates knew him only as a rich kid whose father was bankrolling the squad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
WOW is bankrolling proposals to cap stadium parking fees and raise taxes on event tickets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Musk is not the only tech executive bankrolling the effort.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
Within just a few years of its inception, Substack has quietly discontinued its Substack Local effort after bankrolling its first round of winners.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2024
“Don’t even worry about it. I’m bankrolling this operation.”
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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