backstop

The second is in Ohio, where Nvidia has provided a $105 billion backstop for the monster data center being built for OpenAI by SoftBank’s SB Energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

When the president requires an emotional backstop and perhaps a bit of reining in, the first gentleman exercises his own version of diplomacy.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Benefits will become the backstop, not the starting point," Burnham wrote in his piece published in Monday's paper.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In the past, courts have supplied this important backstop in other widespread policy challenges, such as the public health threats of tobacco use and the opioid epidemic, that lacked adequate legislative or regulatory responses.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

I’m supposed to use this time to make my own notes on the radio interview yesterday—as a kind of backstop in case the actual broadcast doesn’t match up with what v.L. remembers of it.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

That’s a particular concern for Nvidia, which has backstopped customers to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Never before in this City’s history has a private organization been backstopped by the city of Los Angeles to carry out an endeavor of this size and scale,” Mejia wrote to LA28.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Vegas’s two regular starters, including the one that backstopped them during their championship run in 2023, were mired in the worst seasons of their careers in the desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

In 2020, they backstopped money market mutual funds.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

Multiple Democratic- and Republican-run states, as well as Native American tribes, declared emergencies and backstopped tens of millions of dollars for food payments, while acknowledging that that still wouldn’t suffice.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025

But backstopping markets removes a key risk and encourages more borrowing—especially for the hedge funds that now own trillions of dollars of U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Warner’s board told shareholders to reject Paramount’s bid last week, citing concerns that the Ellisons weren’t fully backstopping the financing.

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025

How the U.S. government is backstopping the tech boom.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2025

The deal doesn’t go into effect until the 2024-25 season, but Ilya Sorokin received $66 million over the following eight years to continue backstopping the New York Islanders.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

"I'll let that do most of the backstopping."

From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Morgan Scott