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Example sentences for: backing

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(This, the pundits note, does not bode well for Patrick Buchanan's effort to get Perot's backing for the Reform Party's presidential nomination.)
(Heston's "softness" on gun rights was an issue in his NRA election, but he has quieted critics by backing off his earlier statements and hewing to the NRA's official line.
A perfectionist and demanding taskmaster--he was often referred to as "the emperor"--he was more popular abroad than at home and late in his career had to ask foreign countries and American directors for financial backing.
For the four rats designated for study at 6 weeks after fracture, two were lost due to the intramedullary pin backing out, necessitating early euthanasia, and one was infected and therefore unusable.
Are we backing the Kosovo Liberation Army?