Sentence examples for longtime backer from inspiring English sources

The alliance's foreign minister and top military commander spent Friday with officials in Iran, the alliance's longtime backer.

In Libya, China was a longtime backer of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and since the revolution and his death, the new leaders have failed to honor China's contracts.

Alas, Mr. Beatty, a longtime backer of Democratic presidential candidates who has toyed with running for the White House himself, was not available.

Blanche Lincoln, the former Democratic senator from Arkansas and a longtime backer of her home state retailer, said in an interview that she thought that Wal-Mart could ride out the negative publicity over the Mexico controversy.

"Look, Bill Bradley is a fine fellow and he has a good record," said Bill Campbell, the two-term mayor of Atlanta, who is black and a longtime backer of Mr. Gore.

Adding to their optimism, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a longtime backer of the resolution, which had been pushed mainly by her fellow Californians, and was committed to bringing it to a House vote.

Bitcoin's longtime backers have recently split over the proper way to expand the network.

A dispute has broken out between the Cato Institute, a leading libertarian think tank, and two of its longtime backers — David and Charles Koch.

With the impact of the shutdown starting to intensify, House Republicans were taking criticism from some of their longtime backers.

Published daily since 1950, it was owned by the O'Farrill family, longtime backers of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party.

Donors, many of them longtime backers of his, enjoyed hors d'oeuvres and views of the Lower Manhattan skyline while he spoke of the important work to be done on issues like jobs and the economy.