propping

Example Sentences

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Displaying them overhead or enshrined on pedestals, as at MoMA, is more dramatic and less ambiguous than propping them against gallery walls.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

"Most of the investors who are propping up the games industry have frankly fled to AI to a tremendous degree," says Pearce.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

And propping up Surf City — a wealthy beach town so full of itself that it makes Santa Monica seem as humble as Santa Ana — as the last, best hope to save California?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

In recent years, wealthy Americans have played a bigger role in propping up the economy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Gingerly I stretch out my leg into the pool, propping the heel of my boot on a rock so the leather doesn't get too sodden, and sigh, because this does offer some relief.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins