backstop

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

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

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

“You create the impression of a backstop, but you’re not really committed enough,” said Brent Donnelly, president of Spectra Markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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

Google has backstopped Fluidstack’s data-center leases, helping bring down those projects’ borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

In the traditional model, developers and external investors—often infrastructure funds and banks—took on the risk of developing and constructing the project, with financing backstopped by the creditworthy tech company’s power purchase agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

The Senate proposal would also extend $10 million in coverage to credit unions, which have long shared similar deposit insurance limits as banks, albeit backstopped by separate funds.

From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025

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

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

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