How to Use passed the baton in a Sentence

passed the baton

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• Now, the royal mom has stylishly passed the baton to her three kids.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 May 2023
• By the time of his death from cancer in 1974, Husseini had passed the baton.
  — Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
• Vesia returned to the mound to begin the fifth, then passed the baton to Chris Martin for a scoreless inning.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022
• The Detroit Tigers passed the baton and separated the gap in the seventh inning.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2022
• Agustin eventually passed the baton to his children, Sandy and Maria, who had been involved since the spot’s early days.
  — Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2026
• New board chair and more elections Christian passed the baton to vice chair Anne Sellers, whose tenure begins this year.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 27 Apr. 2025
• Ramza and Hamilton passed the baton between them all day, speaking to the press, negotiating with the police and city workers.
  — Sam Russek, Curbed, 7 Apr. 2022
• Diana Taurasi missed nearly three weeks with a quad injury and passed the baton over to Skylar Diggins-Smith.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022
• When Jobs passed the baton to Cook, Apple’s market value stood at $350 billion.
  — Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2023
• Boland, now board chair, passed the baton to current president Cathy Minehan (another recruit of Popeo’s) two years ago.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• Yet the project was short-lived, and Washington soon passed the baton of economic integration to the Europeans themselves.
  — Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
• Right-hander Evan Phillips was passed the baton one batter into the eighth, escaping a two-on, two-out jam to extinguish the Phillies’ best chance at a comeback.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
• In 2014, Jay Leno passed the baton to Fallon without incident; that was not the case in the previous regime changes.
  — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 17 June 2024
• Instead of maintaining sustained dominance on both sides, the Chargers (5-3) passed the baton between the offense and defense.
  — Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
• Kristin Chenoweth has passed the baton to Ariana Grande and believes her successor's rendition of Glinda is sure to be popular.
  — Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
• And while its not a change that's in the immediate future, just as Sallie’s father passed the baton to them, Megan’s daughter intends to carry on the Clater’s tradition.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
• Curly blond hair and sharp blue eyes — reminiscent of a young Tom Felton, from whom he’s been passed the baton as Harry Potter and the entire wizarding world enters a new era.
  — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
• And this year, Buhari adhered to the country’s term limits and passed the baton to another member of his party, Bola Tinubu, who would prevail in what was essentially a tight three-way race.
  — Ebenezer Obadare, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2023
• Carlisle passed the baton — literally, in this case — to Kyle Swanson, who has been Padre Dam’s assistant general manager for the past several months.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2022
• Holliday passed the baton to Gunnar Henderson, who also singled to right, scoring Westburg to tie the game as Holliday went from first to third and beat the throw by inches.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
• Tokyo passed the baton to Paris after staging a Games that was delayed by Covid-19 and dismayed a skeptical public but nonetheless still delivered its share of memorable moments.
  — NBC News, 8 Aug. 2021
• That second-generation leader in 2023 passed the baton as CEO to his own son Vansen, who is 40 years of age this year; Michael is 68.
  — Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• To balance their regular caseload, Landrum said Moore police detectives passed the baton to the US Marshals, who specialized in tracking criminals across state lines and solving cold cases.
  — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
• That started to change almost immediately when Biden, under pressure from his disastrous debate performance on June 27, bowed out of the race on July 21 and passed the baton to Harris.
  — Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
• Friday wasn’t an exception, but both teams are vastly different in 2026, especially the Mavericks — who once relied on Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, but have since passed the baton of the franchise to Cooper Flagg.
  — Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026