propped
Example Sentences
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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
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
A phone was "propped up on the side and a male voice was telling her what to do next", explained the man.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
At one hotel, Scheele propped a hand-held fan he’d bought for a festival on a bedside table using his wallet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“I don’t like it,” Pita scrunched her chubby face in disgust when they propped the dressed body up against the mesquite’s trunk.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
