Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bat (around)
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More urgently, Starmer will seek to persuade Trump to include Zelensky in talks over his country’s future.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025 -
World security is at stake in talks over how the war ends, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Meghan Markle will never win over UK public again, author claims Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine and author of My Mother and I, discusses how the Duchess of Sussex isnt going to be welcomed back across the pond anytime soon following her royal exit.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The leaders will also discuss whether to place more arms contracts with Ukraine's defense industry, and to help integrate it into the European industrial network.—
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6 Mar. 2025
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In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, a filmmaker chews over what might have been and playfully probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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There will certainly be plenty of plot developments to chew over.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
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After the panel of six men and six women was selected, the attorneys moved on to picking six alternate jurors who would hear the evidence but would not deliberate on the verdict unless one of the regular jurors was not able to participate.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, industry veteran Edward Taylor, whose two-decade career spans fashion, celebrity, and red-carpet styling, predicts that the shift from precision of past runway seasons to deliberate dishevelment will become trendy.—
Pooja Shah,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The ghosts debate the nature of China’s modernity, the struggle between Confucian and Legalist traditions, and the influence of Japanese versus European ideas on the New Culture Movement.—
Philip Tinari,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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The science on transgender procedures, including hormone replacement and surgery, is hotly debated.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Bat (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bat%20%28around%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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