bailed out

past tense of bail out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bailed out With manager Dave Roberts electing to go closer by committee, at least in this round, Evan Phillips bailed out Tanner Scott in the ninth to earn the save. — Katie Woo, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Forced to spend the night in jail, Nick was bailed out by his wife, but was ordered by a court to live separately from his children, the youngest of whom was just seven months old at the time. — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 Daniels’ exit changed everything, and bailed out the Cowboys, who improved to 1-1. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026 Cornerbacks Rodrick Pleasant and Scooter Jackson appeared to get beat on multiple routes downfield, but they were bailed out by poor throws or receivers dropping passes. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Becerra is being held in the West Contra Costa Detention Facility and cannot be bailed out, records show. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bailed out
Verb
  • During that time the female lead Rosa Salazar exited, by all accounts a mutual decision, and Fumero came on board.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Éric Vallat, a former cognac executive who joined Lacoste as its chief executive officer last year, has exited the brand.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Four people were rescued and one person remained missing Wednesday night after the crash of a medevac helicopter off Catalina Island, authorities said.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Video released Wednesday morning captured the moments when a Kansas City Police Department detective and a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy rescued a man from a pickup truck that was engulfed in flames.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Use artificial intelligence to identify people who have moved or changed names.
    — Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The season has moved beyond introductions, and Saturday offers another chance to learn which teams are built to stay in the postseason conversation.
    — Wilton Jackson, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Lars Eller, the sixth skater, fired a shot from the point that Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal saved.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • One of the more useful recommendations from this research is to stop looking only at hours saved and ask instead what the business is now willing and able to attempt.
    — Luboslava Uram, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Eisner, Diller’s second in command, departed for Disney when he didn’t get promoted, and he was soon followed out the door by another rising young executive, Jeffrey Katzenberg.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Bailey departed Burberry in 2018 and was succeeded as chief creative officer by Riccardo Tisci, formerly the creative director at Givenchy (Marco Gobbetti took over Bailey’s CEO role in 2017).
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • If another worker with a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO plan got the same drug at the same Houston Methodist hospital, an employer could be paying almost six times as much, or nearly $4,400 for a vial.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • A little less than 18 months ago, Ukraine carried out a sneak drone attack in which forces smuggled them into Russian territory and waited until the truck that was unknowingly carrying them got close to Russian bases.
    — Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The skin of an eggplant is edible and contains much of the vegetable’s antioxidant content, including nasunin, though very large or older eggplants may have a tougher skin that is best peeled off.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 13 Sep. 2026
  • With Doak’s game clock defunct, ESPN peeled off one of its scorebug operators to shadow the officials, starting and stopping the on-screen time by hand, second by second.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Donaldson, who went undrafted in June out of the University of Miami, is one of three players who the Heat has signed to a two-way contract.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Florida went 40-38-4 overall and 17-23-1 on the road a season ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Bailed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bailed%20out. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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