backstop
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In the end, Nvidia agreed to backstop less than half of the original amount discussed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
Should funding conditions for AI “hyperscalers” take a significant turn for the worse, some Wall Street investors and analysts anticipate a government backstop to emerge.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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
Your exercise will take place on the triangular yard outside the unit—thirty yards by twenty yards by twenty yards, with a mural of wildlife hung above the basketball backstop.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Google has backstopped Fluidstack’s data-center leases, helping bring down those projects’ borrowing costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
California backstopped the federal subsidies for the lowest-income enrollees — mostly those for households earning up to 150% of the federal poverty level, or $23,940 for individuals and $49,500 for a family of four.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
U.S.-aligned leaders will see their policies backstopped, while the likes of Brazil have assets both sides want.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 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
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
The settlement resolved a dispute over the amount of new stock that Cineworld's lenders would receive for backstopping the exit financing.
From Reuters ● May 2, 2023
"I'll let that do most of the backstopping."
From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Morgan Scott
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