Sentence examples for backstop him from inspiring English sources

Though he was not a business expert — Mr. Pearlstine said that he and Mr. Pooley would "backstop" him on some of the more complicated coverage — editors said he was decisive and hard-working, if a bit aloof.

It's morally bankrupt, and it proves that the people who backstop him are anything but the patriots that they like to think that they are being in backstopping his male white power and privilege.

Your standing offer to sell, that is, becomes a free call option for a speculator, backstopping him as he makes a speculative bet that the stock will fall.

Wherever he went, Fisher's office was backstopping him, getting all the necessary background information so he'd be prepared for any kind of question that came up.

He hasn't even told her of his suspension, which would certainly free him up to backstop her at her cool pad in the hills above LA.

Montreal will count on Carey Price to backstop them as well under pressure as he did Team Canada at the Olympics, but Price (while sometimes carrying the squad) is always better when he seems confident in what's happening in front of him.

After that, he took batting practice on the field, a cadre of Mets coaches leaning against the backstop behind him.

Senators from both sides of the debate will need to press him on how he might backstop his lack of managerial experience and how he plans to deal with political opposition to reform.

And last week he unveiled a plan to backstop consumer debt.

She also cross-trained everybody to backstop one another.

The E.C.B. would also have to backstop governments.