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Backstopped meaning
simple past and past participle of backstop
Example sentences (5)
Tiago Rocha blocked every shot he faced and backstopped the host Glanbrook Rangers to the Provincial Junior Hockey League South Bloomfield Division playoff championship with a 4-0 victory over the Grimsby Peach Kings on Wednesday night.
Varlamov’s latest showing — particularly early in a 5-3 Game 3 victory Friday night over the Lightning — backstopped the Isles to their first win of the Eastern Conference finals with a chance to even the series Sunday afternoon in Game 4 in Edmonton.
MacPhail got some ice time in Team Nova Scotia’s second outing of the event, as he backstopped the guys in a game against Team Quebec on February 17. He lasted two frames before Goobie came in for the final period.
Nilsson backstopped Ottawa’s 2-1 victory over Philadelphia last night.
And most worryingly, while the dollar was backstopped by the political might and institutions of the US, Europe was hobbled by a mismatch between its financial and political architecture.