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  • verb Present participle of bankroll.

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Examples

  • Last week, Republican Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) met with elite hedge fund managers to enlist “Wall Street’s help” in bankrolling Republican campaigns this year.

    Think Progress » VIDEO: Bank Lobbyists Huddle For Another Secret Meeting With GOP Senators 2010

  • Ross also "loved" being a journalism fellow and had a deep attachment to Massey College, so it seemed "entirely fitting" to approach Massey's Fraser about three months ago with the idea of bankrolling one of the Canadian Journalism Fellowships.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2010

  • The Tories last night accused the Government of 'bankrolling' the trade unions - which, in turn, are the biggest funders of the Labour party.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Thatsnews 2009

  • The Tories last night accused the Government of 'bankrolling' the trade unions - which, in turn, are the biggest funders of the Labour party.

    Tuesday Morning update. Unions hate Brown Thatsnews 2009

  • The USA is ever engaged in very grand affairs, such as bankrolling trillion dollar wars by borrowing from China and Saudi Arabia.

    NOTHING MUCH 2008

  • Iain Dale is now quibbling over the description of this as "bankrolling".

    Wrong 'Uns: Lord Ashcroft, Iain Dale, John Leech 2008

  • Iain Dale is now quibbling over the description of this as "bankrolling".

    Archive 2008-03-09 2008

  • We are not going to solve any of these problems until we can, as a nation, stand up to the Washington politicians and demand that "bankrolling" politicians by industries and special interest groups stop.

    Who's Killing Uncle Sam? 2006

  • The Tory leader will suggest the Prime Minister is failing to act and putting thousands of jobs at risk because Unite is "bankrolling" his party.

    icScotland 2010

  • So not surprisingly, it is bankrolling the pushback.

    'The New Tammany Hall' Matthew Kaminski 2011

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