backstop
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It also has $430 billion worth of potential revenue lined up through some very large data-center contracts, primarily with OpenAI as the customer and some backstop support from Nvidia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mejia said the city had been ill-advised to agree to be the financial backstop, should the Games lose money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The world’s largest company by market cap also recently scaled back a proposed financial backstop for OpenAI’s massive data-center project in Ohio amid concerns about how investors would react to the potential liability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Matt Brill, head of North America investment-grade credit at Invesco, said it’s too early to talk about any backstop for credit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Until when another ball was thrown out from behind the backstop, Deacon Hurd called back, “How many more you got in there?”
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
"The market firmly bought into Wednesday's solid earnings story from the hyperscalers, with risk appetite also backstopped by the broader path on the geopolitical front continuing to lead towards de-escalation," said Pepperstone's Michael Brown.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Google has backstopped financing for projects involving Hut 8, Cipher Mining and TeraWulf, which are former crypto-mining companies that are now developing data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Paramount’s deal requires $41 billion in equity, backstopped by Larry Ellison’s family and RedBird Capital Partners, according to a regulatory filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Paramount said its deal will be fully backstopped by the Ellison family and RedBird Capital, along with $54 billion of debt commitments from Bank of America, Citi and Apollo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
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
Larger technology companies have started backstopping deals with AI startups to help them secure access.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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
Nvidia also committed to purchase any unsold cloud-computing capacity from CoreWeave through 2032, effectively backstopping its customer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
The companies told Congress this year they plan to roughly quadruple the list price of the shots, to about $130, because they are entering the private market and the government is no longer backstopping purchases.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
With Darrow doing most of the backstopping, and Larson ready to fill in any moment he’s needed, you’re going to keep a five-thousand-dollar catcher on the bench for a pinch hitter!
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Burt L. Standish
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