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buoy

[boo-ee, boi] / ˈbu i, bɔɪ /
NOUN
floating device
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The prints come after Fed officials, including Stephen Miran, struck an increasingly hawkish tone in recent days, helping lift the dollar and buoy Treasury yields as expectations of imminent rate cuts dimmed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wealthier households in particular spent plenty of money, buoyed by the record stock market and rising home values.

From MarketWatch

Yet that hasn’t translated into a sustained price decline so far this year, with crude oil futures buoyed by geopolitical risk premiums.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We've basically just put money in to buoy up their business and there's no way we can now sell it."

From BBC

Copper—which forms the majority of Antofagasta’s output—has been buoyed by growing demand and supply shocks at major mines.

From The Wall Street Journal