Sentence examples for may prop up from inspiring English sources

Loyalty to George Bush's stance on Iraq may prop up the odd Republican congressional campaign, but it will not help state politicians.

In its first intervention for more than a decade, the Israeli Central Bank buys dollars to prevent further falls, raising the prospect that other central banks may prop up the dollar.

This may prop up a failing system in the short term, but in the medium to long term this deal will have to be paid for and this can only come through either tax rises or (more likely) through public expenditure cuts.

Short term, this may prop up Blockbuster a bit, and may even slightly boost DVD sales.

Business with China may prop up jobs at the ports for now, Navarro says, but it isn't a long-term growth plan.

They could hand the Tories victory at an election and may even prop up the Tory government in parliament.

He is ready to provide food and agricultural aid, even though that may help prop up the regime in Pyongyang and even though the prevailing belief among South Koreans is that conditions should be attached to future aid.

And the tendency for Chinese companies to work with African institutions as they are, rather than demand something better, may artificially prop up inept or irresponsible local governments, reinforcing the status quo rather than changing it.

We knew the government would want to make things look extremely complex, so no international force would be keen on intervening, and may even prop up the status quo.

But even if Citi mounts a successful defense, Terra Firma investors may agree to prop up EMI until 2015, when the loan matures.

It's both unclear what tool the Fed may use to prop up the crumbling recovery and when official word will come on its decision.