as in support
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
a prop kept the porch of the dilapidated house from collapsing
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Check out additional betting data in the Vegas Insider report, and some of the biggest bets ahead of NFL conference championship weekend with watch and wager action also driven by more prop bets - which will hit a crescendo for the Super Bowl.
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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Awakened by powerful winds battering her windows, stage prop designer Heidi Luest had looked out her window and been stunned to see a fire’s amber glow just a few streets away.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
Along with his Project 2025 backers, Trump despises unions and treats workers as show props.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
Odds to Win 2025 The American Express Golf odds from FanDuel and leading online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Awakened by powerful winds battering her windows, stage prop designer Heidi Luest had looked out her window and been stunned to see a fire’s amber glow just a few streets away.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
Along with his Project 2025 backers, Trump despises unions and treats workers as show props.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
Odds to Win 2025 The American Express Golf odds from FanDuel and leading online sportsbooks refresh periodically and are subject to change, including on props and live betting.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Supervised injection sites not only save lives by preventing factual overdoses but also serve as gateways to critical support services, including addiction treatment and mental health care.—
Pradeep Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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So far, the speaker has resisted fixing the problem despite clear support from her members and across City Hall in the mayor’s office.—
Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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California Trump surveys damage as region braces for weekend rain 51 minutes ago Trump surveyed the devastation Friday and spoke to some residents who had lost their homes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Rescue workers sheared his clothes off him with scissors, put a brace around his neck and laid him on a board.—
Katherine Rosman,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Combining political commentary with unabashed aesthetic pleasure, Wilding’s oeuvre both models new worlds and mounts critiques of the existing order of things.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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The focus now shifts to how the Trump administration will navigate deportation policies as pressure mounts to handle large-scale removals while ensuring humane treatment of migrants.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The highway district ordered an emergency closure Friday after an evaluation revealed that the bridge, which connects Southeast Boise to Harris Ranch and the Barber Valley, had widespread decay in nearly half of the bridge’s pillars, which could result in a catastrophic collapse.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Feb. 2025
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These two programs are part of AHF’s four pillars, representing education and specialization, respectively.—
Kara Markley Sterling,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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This is said to integrate reinforcement learning to achieve high performance with minimal computational resources.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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The Portuguese has been keen to add reinforcements in the January window amid a run of form that has seen his side slip to just 10 points above the Premier League’s relegation zone.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Their external mounting and specially designed shape, meanwhile, help to increase the steepness of the walls and maximize interior space.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Jan. 2025
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The television show, which ran on NBC from 2012-2013, starred Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee and Christian Borle and followed them in their mounting of musicals for Broadway, including Bombshell, a fictional musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe.—
Caitlin Huston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Oct. 2024
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“Prop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prop. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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