BAILED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

bailed

verb

past tense of bail

as in exited

to leave a place often for another after two hours of that boring party, we were ready to bail

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Recent Examples of bailed His parents bailed him out of jail for $10,000 just days before the killings, according to authorities, LocalSYR and the Rome Sentinel reported. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026 In other words, nearly half of America’s crypto investors have bailed. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 July 2026 And in a sign that all may truly be forgiven, ESPN reported that not long after Kiffin bailed for Baton Rouge Golding bought his house in Oxford. — ABC News, 22 July 2026 Fortunately for the All-Star forward, her teammates bailed her out. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 Nissan’s deepest crisis yet Nissan, founded in 1933, is emerging from its lowest point since at least 1999, when French carmaker Renault bailed it out, and perhaps at any point in its 92-year-long history. — Andrew Staples, Fortune, 3 July 2026 But his former Milan team-mate, Mike Maignan, bailed him out with a trademark stop. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Wilson said both his riders bailed from the car before making it to the dropoff area. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026 The driver of the Cadillac bailed and ran off. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 10 June 2026

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Smaller events might use them to attract star names who have exited a bigger tournament early and need some match reps.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Athletics left-hander Brady Basso exited the game after just one out in the third inning.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of exited

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Lala moved south of the Big Island on Sunday as a Category 1 hurricane, damaging or destroying more than 100 homes and cutting off some communities, according to the governor.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
When Airbnb moved an earlier cohort of hosts to the new structure last year, about 30% raised prices enough to fully offset the higher fee and another 30% partially offset it, according to an analysis by short-term rental data firm AirDNA.

— Mike Winters, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of moved

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Iranian officials were still making requests the day the flight departed, although one official wrote that those requests were denied.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Now Manchester City will have to replace him, as well as Guardiola who departed at the end of last season.

— Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of departed

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With the patchwork lineup, the Giants had 10 hits and went an impressive 5-for-11 with runners in scoring position to help snap a four-game losing streak.

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
The Atlanta Braves also activated a deal with Kalshi without a formal announcement around the start of August that went unnoticed by news media.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of went

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The nature of college football is that star players can emerge from relative anonymity, which makes predicting who will be the biggest before the season has even started a difficult endeavor.

— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Alternative fuel sources saving some money for districts The Council Rock School District in lower Bucks County started migrating to propane back in the 2022-23 school year.

— Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of started

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Denis Bouanga scored late in the second half and Los Angeles FC escaped with a 1-1 draw after trailing the Portland Timbers for 75 minutes on Saturday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Their study analyzed more than 2 million chat messages and identified examples involving grooming, sexualization of minors, bullying, violence and sensitive information sharing that escaped moderation.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of escaped

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Chow, Lee and Ho were prominent figures within Hong Kong’s now-defunct democracy movement, which has seen most of its leaders either jailed, fled overseas or fallen silent.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
By the time the curtain came down after the first act, much of the audience could wait no more and fled for the exits.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

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