How to Use baton in a Sentence
baton
noun
- The majorette twirled the baton.
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The baton can be worn on the hip and expands in length.
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Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2024
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Yi says the woman then hit her on the head with the baton.
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Steve Helling,
PEOPLE.com,
19 Oct. 2021
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The guard used her baton to push the towel out of the way and stared at Griner’s chest.
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J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason,
New York Times,
2 May 2024
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Mills is standing to the right of the group and drawing his baton.
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Robin Stein,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2023
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But by her side through it all—and ready to pick up the baton—was Shar Dubey.
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Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
2 Jan. 2023
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The candidate who takes up the baton must prove to be the best.
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Letters To The Editor,
Washington Post,
23 July 2024
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Everyone likes to try to pass the baton and pass the buck.
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Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2022
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Powell, who struck most of the baton blows against King, and Sgt.
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Merrie Monteagudo,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2023
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This year marked a shift as the leadership baton was passed to the youth in San Jose.
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Shae Hammond,
The Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2024
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To fail now would be to drop the baton just before the final straight.
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Alex Riley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Oct. 2022
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The defense and grit is DNA deep in the program and a given as the baton is passed.
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Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2024
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Ditch the whip and pick up the baton; lead by example, not by fear.
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Chris Kille,
Forbes,
13 Nov. 2023
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Barker got the baton for the anchor leg in fourth place.
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Tim Bielik,
cleveland,
4 June 2022
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Gavin Stone took the baton and did his part to keep the streak going Tuesday.
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Bill Plunkett,
Orange County Register,
15 May 2024
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Television has picked up the baton from the film world in at least one way.
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Washington Post,
5 Sep. 2021
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The bash took place at a little sports bar — and of course, Zirbel's baton was there.
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Maria Pasquini,
Peoplemag,
14 Apr. 2023
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The 35-year-old Felix passed not only the baton, but the torch to younger women.
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David Woods,
The Indianapolis Star,
7 Aug. 2021
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The man did not have a valid concealed carry permit for the baton.
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Alexandra Faul,
ABC News,
5 Oct. 2023
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But Mosaku knows that passing the baton isn’t a clean getaway for Nicole.
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Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
1 June 2022
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Budworth used his baton to move Jacobs out of the area, the union argued.
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oregonlive,
15 June 2021
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Police swung batons and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
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Riazat Butt and Munir Ahmed The Associated Press,
arkansasonline.com,
10 Feb. 2024
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Netflix, on the other hand, took the movie streaming baton and ran with it.
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Kate Vitasek,
Forbes,
19 July 2022
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No business leader is better equipped than the CFO to take the podium and raise the baton.
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Jim Deloach,
Forbes,
19 Apr. 2023
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Drizzy laments an ex-lover while passing the baton to Tresor with tears in his eyes.
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Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
17 June 2022
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Glizzock takes the baton and raps in the same cadence Thee Stallion led with.
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Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
12 Aug. 2022
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To sort of pass the baton and watch this young generation coming up on the heels of Olivia is just the dream.
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Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
27 July 2022
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In that case, the baton would be passed to the second-largest party to try to form a government.
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Vanessa Gera,
ajc,
10 Sep. 2022
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With that stroke of cosmic luck, the metaphorical baton was passed.
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Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Pass the place-making baton to workers People are the ones who turn spaces into places.
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Alanah Mitchell,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
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