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They thought they were financing scores of deals to buy and sell film rights.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2021

It said the fact that defendants discussed bringing milk, juice and pastries to Gezi, as well as gasmasks to counter the effects of tear gas, showed they were financing the protests.

From Reuters • Mar. 19, 2019

Several U.S. cities and environmental groups were suing the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, alleging the institutions were financing projects that would damage Earth's climate.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 25, 2016

Just a year ago the Philharmonic backed out of an imminent trip to Cuba when the United States government barred its patrons — who were financing the trip — from going along.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2010

The project never went any farther, however, because Mr. Thomas Saunders and Mr. Gardiner Hubbard, who were financing Mr. Bell's experiments, felt the chances of this contrivance working satisfactorily were too uncertain.

From Ted and the Telephone by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)