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several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Recent Examples of bankrolling
Tom Steyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
As recently as this summer, Robinson boasted about his role in co-creating, bankrolling, and starring in Legacy of Lies, an action movie headlined by John Wick martial artist Scott Adkins.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 June 2026
If the superfund template survives, the next decade of American energy policy will be written by trial lawyers, attorneys general and a handful of out-of-state philanthropies bankrolling the litigation pipeline.
—Yaël Ossowski, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
Purkis said Caulfeild is bankrolling the business — at least initially.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Governments spend more than $700 billion a year subsidising agriculture, much of it bankrolling the very fertilizers and fossil fuel inputs that make farming so exposed to price shocks.
—Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
Meantime the future beyond this year of Tour rival LIV Golf is in jeopardy as doubts arise whether the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will continue bankrolling the league.
—Greg Cote
april 19, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
In his first mission as 007, Bond engages in a high-stakes poker game with bankrupt terrorist Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) but falls tragically in love with Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), the British treasury agent bankrolling his game.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
However, remote county political parties, hundreds of miles from where races are taking place, might be the ones bankrolling the ads and phone calls that get candidates in front of constituents.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Not everyone agrees the government should be in the business of bankrolling early-stage firms.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
Just last week, the utilities spent $10 million against me, joining Big Oil’s bankrolling of my opponents.
—Tom Steyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
As recently as this summer, Robinson boasted about his role in co-creating, bankrolling, and starring in Legacy of Lies, an action movie headlined by John Wick martial artist Scott Adkins.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
There are questions around whether the festival will have the budget to continue bankrolling talent invites, while there has been pushback in some quarters over how the A-list star strategy serves the local film industry and its organic growth.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 June 2026
If the superfund template survives, the next decade of American energy policy will be written by trial lawyers, attorneys general and a handful of out-of-state philanthropies bankrolling the litigation pipeline.
—Yaël Ossowski, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
Purkis said Caulfeild is bankrolling the business — at least initially.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Governments spend more than $700 billion a year subsidising agriculture, much of it bankrolling the very fertilizers and fossil fuel inputs that make farming so exposed to price shocks.
—Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
Meantime the future beyond this year of Tour rival LIV Golf is in jeopardy as doubts arise whether the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will continue bankrolling the league.
—Greg Cote
april 19, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
In his first mission as 007, Bond engages in a high-stakes poker game with bankrupt terrorist Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) but falls tragically in love with Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), the British treasury agent bankrolling his game.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
However, remote county political parties, hundreds of miles from where races are taking place, might be the ones bankrolling the ads and phone calls that get candidates in front of constituents.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Not everyone agrees the government should be in the business of bankrolling early-stage firms.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrolling
Noun
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Los Angeles appears poised to lose in its attempt to keep $100 million in state grant funding for transportation projects in some of the neediest neighborhoods after a state commission declined to hear the city’s appeal for an extension.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Ultimately, the core concern is corporate money in politics, with crypto PACs aggressively shaping elections by amplifying candidates whose records and funding sources are often obscured from voters.—
Tonya M. Evans,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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The five-year period ending June 30, 2025, already saw the bank provide more in financing commitments to developing countries than in any previous five-year period in its history.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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That means the industry will need to take more responsibility for building or financing new power generation in Illinois to serve its needs.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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The current unrest first erupted in May after Paz cut long-standing fuel subsidies to shrink the deficit.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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Advertisement Across Asia, where many countries have been hard hit by the shortages, governments have also rolled out a number of fuel subsidies.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
19 June 2026
Verb
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If a new owner would be willing, should the taxpayers of Anaheim consider subsidizing the name?—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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The most likely projects in the near term are oil and gas pipelines, which have the shortest construction timeline, and subsidizing repairs at Gulf facilities that Tehran targeted during the war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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In 1986, eager to shift the burden away from taxpayers, Congress mandated that new presidential libraries raise an endowment equal to 20% of the cost, for future maintenance.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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The opera filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging the Kennedy Center illegally took years' worth of donor gifts, bequests and endowment funds.—
Jonathan Edwards,
Washington Post,
12 June 2026
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“Bankrolling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankrolling. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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