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Burden’s marriage began to settle into the traditional gender roles of homemaker and breadwinner, despite the fact that it was Burden who had financed their lifestyle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Before it collapsed, SVB claimed it had "financed or helped finance 62 percent of community solar projects in America," according to Washington Post business reporter Evan Halper.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023

But he also noted that much of the evidence Rwanda produced showing that Rusesabagina had financed a rebel movement came from the FBI and Belgian authorities.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

Vrablic received V.I.P. tickets to the inauguration, as well as hard-to-get accommodations in Trump’s newly opened Washington hotel that Deutsche Bank had financed.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2020

Thousands of other empires were in tatters also, including that of the seemingly untouchable bank that had financed him.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger