prop up
Example Sentences
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As Cassidy discovers, both unpaid carers and volunteers prop up social care.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
The couple was accused of funneling millions from the law firm to prop up Erika’s music career.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Risks of foreign exchange intervention by Japanese authorities to prop up the yen against the dollar were rising again as the key 160 yen level comes back into focus, FOREX.com said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
With its NYSE-listed shares sunk to 58% of that net asset value, the fund announced several drastic measures to prop up its stock and return money to shareholders.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
He avoided my gaze and busied himself folding his doublet to prop up Mr. Bass's black-dyed head.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
