bailed out

past tense of bail out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bailed out On the new Kildare, Kooks largely bailed out, Pogues moved in, Pope and Cleo settled into his ancestral home, Tannyhill, and Topper is a bartender. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026 The offense was bad last year (14th in the SEC in yards per play), and the defense bailed out the Sooners in some key games with defensive touchdowns. Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 He cannot be bailed out of jail, per an order signed by Judge Rozlynn Silvaggio, records show. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 Oyarzabal’s form in recent knockout matches, though, hasn’t been great and Spain has twice been bailed out by late goals from make-shift forward Mikel Merino. Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 While Ram killed its electric truck before even launching it, Ford bailed out on the F-150 Lighting, GM’s stuck with things, for now. Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026 Niemiec bailed out of jail on Monday after posting a $4,000 bond. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026 Hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management was bailed out in 1998. Marty Steinberg, CNBC, 22 June 2026 The scientists intended their distribution of the article implicitly as a counterweight to a keynote talk by NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who was going to speak without taking questions but who bailed out at the last minute. Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bailed out
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Two crew members from the cargo ship MV Ocean Winner were rescued late Saturday while three ships were deployed to conduct surface searches for the remaining crew members in a joint operation by the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Climbers of the 12,388 feet-tall (3,776 meters) volcano have had to be rescued after suffering altitude sickness in the past.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The bold reforms, which Tinubu’s government argues saved the economy and handed the government more money, were cheered by investors but resulted in soaring inflation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • She was saved and the search for Carbullido then got underway.
    Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • One tenant said an officer got inside through a window and found the body.
    Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • So a lot of that stuff got removed from the film, and the movie got better for it.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Many of the spines had peeled off, and Nidhi could see the string and glue that held the pages together.
    Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The Kia peeled off north on Burr Street to Interstate 80, and then without warning, its driver made a right turn onto the I-80 westbound exit ramp and got on the expressway going the wrong way, state police said.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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

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“Bailed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bailed%20out. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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