Sentence examples for backing the winner from inspiring English sources
The county as a whole tends to swing, generally backing the winner on a state and national level.
In typical Murdoch style, she ended up backing the winner and held an inauguration party in Notting Hill.
"Don't expect comments from us that could resemble a show of paternalism or lesson-giving," said a government spokesman responding to criticism by the French press for backing the winner of a bogus election out of pure expediency.
At this year's event, with Aberdeen Asset Management replacing Barclays as the sponsor, and with the Scottish Government's financial backing, the winner will receive £416,660 from a total prize fund of £2.5m.
In Alaska, $11.7 million in dark money was spent, with $6.6 million backing the winner, Republican Dan Sullivan, and $5.1 million backing Sen. Mark Begich (D).
It means backing the winners with cash and the best skills available from anywhere.
Milwaukee (36,330) Long-suffering fans are backing the winners they have long deserved.
Whether it's a referendum or a leadership contest, everyone wants to back the winner.
He had backed the winner, Da' Tara at 39-1, and celebrated the moment as any normal person would.
Since 1904, it has backed the winner in every presidential election but one, in 1956, when it picked Adlai E. Stevenson from nearby Illinois over President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Still, Catholics, who make up about a quarter of the registered voters in the country, have backed the winner of the national popular vote for at least the last nine presidential elections, going back to 1972.
