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- noun
Agent noun ofbankroll ; one who bankrolls.
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Examples
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• The research was led by a prominent climate skeptic with funding by denial bankroller Charles Koch.
Kelly Rigg: The War Against Climate Science Unravels Kelly Rigg 2011
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The former commerce secretary also is a primary bankroller of the Concord Coalition, the stalwart budget-hawk group headed by Walker's indefatigable pal, Bixby.
David Walker, the prophet of deficit doom, and his sermon to save America 2011
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After all, Harvey did premiere the title track on The Andrew Marr Show in front of Gordon Brown – lest we forget, the bankroller of the Iraq war and the man accused of ill-equipping British forces in Afghanistan.
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"Don Blankenship ... is a particularly active political bankroller," a report from the center finds.
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The former commerce secretary also is a primary bankroller of the Concord Coalition, the stalwart budget-hawk group headed by Walker's indefatigable pal, Bixby.
David Walker, the prophet of deficit doom, and his sermon to save America 2011
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The former commerce secretary also is a primary bankroller of the Concord Coalition, the stalwart budget-hawk group headed by Walker's indefatigable pal, Bixby.
David Walker, the prophet of deficit doom, and his sermon to save America 2011
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The former commerce secretary also is a primary bankroller of the Concord Coalition, the stalwart budget-hawk group headed by Walker's indefatigable pal, Bixby.
David Walker, the prophet of deficit doom, and his sermon to save America 2011
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Lake, believed to be a principal bankroller of the EDL, which claims to be a peaceful, non-racist organisation, is understood to be keen on the possibility of setting up the UK equivalent of the Tea Party.
English Defence League forges links with America's Tea Party Mark Townsend 2010
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DOHA, Qatar—Qatar, the wealthy Persian Gulf state that will host the 2022 World Cup and shot to prominence last year as a bankroller of the Arab Spring, is experiencing a small counterrevolution at home.
Qatar, Unveiling Tensions, Suspends Sale of Alcohol Alex Delmar-Morgan 2012
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But many wonder if the tireless campaigning by Tory peer Lord Chadlington, chair of the local Conservative party, bankroller of Dave's leadership campaign – who assiduously lobbied councillors in person and on House of Lords headed notepaper – had anything to do with it.
Diary 2010
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