Backstop in a sentence

The woman ran from Bad Arm and attempted to climb a chain link backstop on the baseball field, but Bad Arm grabbed her and pulled her off the backstop, then continued his assault.

However, some of the ERG leaders made clear that while they supported her efforts to get rid of the backstop, they would still vote against Mrs May’s withdrawal blueprint in a future vote even if she succeeded in neutralising the backstop.

As many others probably did, I jumped to page 30 of the document to see what it said about the Irish border backstop position and here it stressed that, although the backstop could be initiated, it could only be a temporary measure.

No. 10 claims victory, saying May has removed the Northern Ireland backstop by making the backstop UK-wide.

That is why it is critical that the provision for a UK-EU joint customs territory is legally binding in the Withdrawal Agreement itself, so that no ‘backstop to a backstop’ is required.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. (1938) Street craps may be played by rolling the dice against a backstop, such as a curb or stair-stoop, or without a backstop, at the choice of the players.

Adam Gajan made 27 saves to backstop the Slovakians while Michael Hrabal stopped 28 shots for Czechia (0-0-0-1).

An expanded approach could include federal financial support for maintaining reserves paired with some kind of federal backstop authority for nationalizing and redirecting stockpiles for international purposes.

Fortunately for him, he'd set up a media backstop, hosting his InfoWars programming from his home town of Austin, Texas, on his established website and on other social media platforms such as Rumble, where he hosts a daily show.

Holl said both fields will have a 42-inch padded wall along the backstop similar to what is seen in Major League ballparks.

Karinchak then fired his next pitch to the backstop, and after a walk, an out and a hit batter, he gave up a three-run homer for the only runs of the game in his team’s 3-0 loss.

Kelly’s wild pitch sailed to the backstop and moved Votto to second and Steer to third.

The Department of the Treasury will make available up to $25 billion from the Exchange Stabilization Fund as a backstop.

The Fed is not on the market’s side either as they want to keep at it while setting up some emergency landing facilities to backstop any major crisis.

US President Joe Biden’s administration moved to backstop consumer deposits while the Swiss central bank lent billions to Credit Suisse to stabilise its balance sheet.

Amounts advanced pursuant to the Backstop Loan Agreement will mature three years from the date of advance with a fixed interest rate of 12%, paid semi-annually and is prepayable, in whole or in part, at anytime prior to maturity with no penalty.

And so the big backstop to this would be if Democrats won back the House, and then you would have at least one chamber.

Rumours about the backstop have been circulating over the past few months, with large US private equity funds being solicited for funding.

The 49-year-old former political editor of spoke at an event promoting his new book No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Borisat the Henley Literary Festival which took place at Phyllis Court in Henley-on-Thames on Sunday (6 October).

The Jets goalie made 36 saves to backstop his team to a 6-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday — a club that had defeated the Vancouver Canucks 10-7 on Monday.