bailed

past tense of bail

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bailed So Allen took the snap, scanned the field, found no open receivers and bailed right, his eyes still sifting through layers of zone. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 When Zeev Buium bailed on a check from Colton Parayko, there Gustavsson was moments later to save the day. Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 The defense hasn’t bailed them out, either. Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025 But 1996 turned out to be just the early innings of the dot-com mania, and those who bailed in late 1996 missed one of the most impressive five-year S&P 500 stretches on record. Dan Runkevicius, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 At an equally certain point, her fans and many of her critic champions bailed, at least for many years. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025 He has now been bailed pending further investigation. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 The actor also cut short some media commitments the day prior — and reportedly bailed on a swanky private dinner held with his director, Noah Baumbach, and fellow castmembers — due to a bad sinus infection. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 Thielen bailed Young out of a lot of third-down situations over the past two years, and that’s now over. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bailed
Verb
  • Young exited Sunday’s win over the Jets near the end of the third quarter after getting sacked on a third-and-long.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The company says that Bimal Kapadia will become its new CEO, succeeding Skipper, who exited the company earlier this year.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While lawmakers hope to build a new prison, Evers' plan calls for changes to other facilities to house those incarcerated who would have to be moved if Green Bay closes.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The discovery of the solar cycle now moved Carrington to undertake a rigorous study of sunspots that soon earned him a reputation as Britain’s premier solar observer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Michaelson, who departed Fox’s Los Angeles affiliate last summer, makes the case for a West Coast-centric show.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike the innumerable photons from sunlight, perhaps a dozen per second trickle through my cornea from this distant messenger, having departed it years ago, colliding with my photoreceptors and ending their unlikely journey.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The company’s début got Wall Street’s attention.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Fans got a proper look at the foursome in the final chapter for the film released last month.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After previously awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants to organizations around the country were canceled in April, Wisconsin Humanities went into survival mode and launched an emergency fundraising campaign.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • On the beauty front, Nader styled her blond hair in loose waves and went with a dewy makeup look.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And still, given that Spurs’ creative issues persist and Monaco peppered Vicario’s goal with 23 shots, seemingly slicing through a defence which had previously looked so secure with ease, Tottenham escaped with another away point.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In the finale of the fourth season of The Boys, Starlight escaped an attempt to round up all supes who went against Homelander’s vision to rule the world.
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ashley fled the home before officers arrived in a black Cadillac, according to the affidavit.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Opposition candidate Edmundo González fled to Spain after receiving threats of arrest.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Team-mates who had started the match were entitled to a greater share of the blame.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In 1977, Rosalynn Carter started the tradition of the office of the first lady being located in the wing, alongside the social secretary.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Bailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bailed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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