backstop
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Nvidia shares fell 5% after the Journal first reported the discussions of the $250 billion backstop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The city’s negotiating team said L.A.’s political leaders committed the city roughly a decade ago to serve as a financial backstop for the Games, as part of the contract that made L.A. the host city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Nvidia will apparently backstop a quarter of the borrowing itself, up to $125 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Together, the deals mark something new: government ownership used as a standing industrial-policy tool rather than an emergency backstop.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 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
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
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
The company said the deal would be backstopped by the Ellison family and RedBird Capital, and debt fully committed by Bank of America, Citi, and Apollo.
From Barron's ● 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
He backstopped the Kraken’s best run of the season, the only reason they were still in playoff contention.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
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 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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