backstop

Example Sentences

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Habeas was once supposed to provide a federal backstop when state courts failed.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Coal still accounts for more than half of China’s domestic energy mix and provides a reliable domestic energy backstop, they say, adding that Beijing could ramp up domestic coal production in the coming weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

This would increase the risk and costs for taxpayers who backstop mortgages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

He added that the large amount of oil in storage, whether in land depots or the hundreds of tankers floating in the strait, have acted as a kind of backstop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

I walk around the backstop fence and sit down on the bench in the dugout, my back against the aluminum wall, warmed by the sunlight, and I cry.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan