prop
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The 38-year-old is now learning to play different sports for his YouTube channel, and had a rugby lesson from former Harlequins and England prop Joe Marler.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
After the yen weakened to 40-year lows against the dollar in late July, Tokyo and Washington joined forces to intervene in the foreign-exchange market to prop up the yen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The Cinémathèque Française, which owns the 1960 prop, declined the museum’s loan request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
People like Rupar, who post candid videos and photos that reveal his human weakness, pierce through the increasingly fragile White House efforts to prop up the 80-year-old president as the epitome of strength and masculinity.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
There they were, waiting on the prop table.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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Expect costumes, props and life-size vehicles from the film, as well as projection-based rooms designed to immerse guests in the desert planet of Arrakis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
She said a lot of the props have "a personal touch" too, from her mum's ironing board to her granny's lampshade in the living room.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In “Cinema”—the flashy “Star Wars” section highlighting storyboards, set photography, models, props and life-size dioramas starring costumed characters and their vehicles—the Lucas is most at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In their meetings, EU officials have tried to probe whether their Canadian visitors are using them as props in counter-negotiations with Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
She reaches over and props up the pad, gazing at the portrait like she’s expecting the English guy to speak to her.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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The sector has propped up the labor market in the United States in the last year, as an aging population requires more care.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Years of strong gains for the so-called Magnificent Seven and other technology names have quietly propped up Americans’ spending and the U.S. economy in general.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The country’s economic growth rate is increasingly propped up by the effects of the investment boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Zemian, who had also been uncuffed, started digging through the SUV, collecting spare tactical vests, then propped them underneath the agent’s head.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
I propped myself up on one elbow, facing her.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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She said support from all over Ireland was "propping up our community right now; we have never seen support and solidarity like it".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
These private-label products, which are generally cheaper than national brands like Tide and Doritos, have made it easier for consumers to keep spending as prices for basics rise, propping up economic growth.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Left unasked is whether an administration capable of propping up even the most deranged Caesars was good for citizens of the empire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
One side of the terraced row of houses on Llewellyn Street was demolished and replaced by the motorway, leaving the remaining side staring at either a huge concrete embankment or pillars propping up the M4.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Arturo leaned forward, propping his elbows on his knees, burying his face in his hands.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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