bailed out

past tense of bail out

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Recent Examples of bailed out 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 Thibaut Courtois bailed out his defence when needed with a couple of reflex saves, too. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 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 The federal government bailed out Fannie and Freddie in September 2008 to stave off catastrophic losses during the financial crisis, and their future has been a conundrum for policymakers in Washington ever since. Bloomberg, Oc Register, 3 June 2026 That’s what happened in 2008 and that's why they were bailed out. Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bailed out
Verb
  • After Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin replaced both Roberson and Luckett in 2000, Franklin exited after a few months and the girl group became a trio — dropping their third album, Survivor the following year.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
  • They were dealt another blow Tuesday evening when right-fielder Jac Caglianone exited with right-shoulder soreness before the sixth inning of a home game against the San Francisco Giants.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • In Biden’s case, South Carolinians rescued his seemingly moribund campaign.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
  • Multiple people have been rescued after a seaplane carrying 11 people made an emergency landing Thursday off the coast of Washington, prompting a multi-agency search and rescue operation.
    Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Johnson was born in southern California and grew up in Omaha after her family moved there.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • The charge, which has since been dropped, was related to a dispute Dillon had with her former neighbors who had since moved and did not pursue the case, her lawsuit said.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • Despite arriving in February 1992 with no coaching experience whatsoever, Keegan saved Newcastle from the precipice.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Firefighters battled the blaze inside the village and saved all the local homes, even if two barns went up in flames, Moreno said, adding that the firefighters should receive as much admiration as the soccer players who won the World Cup on Sunday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Dobrev departed after the show’s sixth season in 2015, but returned for the finale.
    Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • Caviar, Vintage Cuvees, and Tableside Rituals For Royal Ascot, Brown’s built the experience around breakfast, elevating the first meal of the day into an indulgent affair before guests departed for the racecourse.
    Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • But then Lily somehow intuits the core evolutionary idea behind a man competing at naked limbo with a group of monkeys, even though neither Kaylin as explainer nor Zac as performer got what Lisa’s drawing was conveying.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026
  • Something as rudimentary as remembering the play calls as training camp got underway, was also top of mind.
    Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • In five of the spots, the dark blue Pipeliner 5000 coating had peeled off to reveal more of the same material.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
  • New discs do not sound good with paper in them, and because these labels are pressed into records during manufacture, not stuck onto them after, they cannot simply be peeled off.
    Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • The interesting question is where the departing dollars went, and the answer is visible in an adjacent market.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The district went from one where Republicans have a 30-point advantage to about ten points.
    Jack Harvel July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026

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