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On the other, you risk ballooning one into the backstop in front of 50,000 people.

After the corporate split, the paper will no longer have blockbuster movies to backstop it.

It could serve as a backstop for Mitt, bringing him over the top at the last possible moment.

And Perry thinks TARP was a total mistake—along with all subsequent efforts to backstop or stimulate the economy.

She was out of the cell before it hit the backstop and following me down the hall towards her brother's room.

Each time one sailed away over the backstop, it was like the pop of a safety-valve; it averted an explosion.

The backstop was built up of earth and was soft enough so that the pins would not splinter on striking it.

He began to turn its center dial, at first a quarter circle, and then all the way to the final backstop of the calibration.

Finally, the tenth shot smacked against the backstop and he racked his weapon and punched at the target return button.