1
as in exited
to leave a place often for another
if the meeting seems like it will never end, find an excuse to bail out
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2
as in rescued
to remove from danger or harm
the government bailed out the savings and loan industry
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Norman Fell and Audra Lindley also exited one season earlier for failed spinoff The Ropers and was replaced by Don Knotts as Ralph Furley, the new landlord.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025 -
Mitchell exited the game against Mississippi State on Thursday with a knee injury, and Gates decided to sit him against the Gators.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2025
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In November 2022, a 28-year-old man who fell overboard from a Carnival Valor cruise ship was rescued off of Louisiana's southeast coast after treading water for nearly 20 hours.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
27 Dec. 2024
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Four family members were later rescued as authorities continued recovery efforts.—
Dale Denwalt,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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The family departed Westchester County Airport on Saturday morning.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Hobbs quietly departed the courthouse, hopped in a car with her husband and started her journey back home to Alabama as soon as the verdict was read.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2025
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Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
24 Dec. 2024
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Duffy, sworn by Judge Clarence Thomas on the afternoon of Jan. 28, had his work cut out for him when the deadliest US airplane crash in nearly two decades happened the next day at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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There was a paper bag over your head, with holes cut out for the eyes.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
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They were evacuated and the fire was extinguished, officials said.—
Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Health officials at the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital evacuated the patients from the building after a phone call from someone who identified himself as Israeli security shortly before the attack.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Bailed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bailed%20out. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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