bailing

present participle of bail

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bailing After bailing 2Pac out of jail in 1995, Knight promised the late rapper would be getting his own Death Row Records chain. Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025 And the two of them bailing on the home-brew competition at the first sight of cops (who are just there to support some colleagues) is weirdly sweet. Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bailing
Verb
  • Meanwhile, in October, Spirit is exiting Albuquerque, New Mexico; Birmingham, Alabama; Boise, Idaho; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Columbia, South Carolina; Portland, Oregon; and Salt Lake City, as well as Oakland, San Diego, Sacramento and San Jose in California, the carrier told CNBC on Wednesday.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Justin Manfredi is exiting Apple TV+ to join Lionsgate as executive VP of worldwide television marketing.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Woolen was running stride-for-stride with Pearsall but misplayed the ball and slowed down while the second-year wideout kept moving forward.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Cavitation, on the other hand, provides a high-energy, controllable launch system that doesn’t require onboard power or moving parts.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the day, Team Penske announced its winningest driver in IndyCar history, Will Power, would be departing.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a research institute developing the country’s next intercontinental ballistic missile before departing for China to attend a military parade, state media reported on September 2.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the game, Witt was getting treatment and a further evaluation.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • To give so many deaf people the opportunity to work on a high-end TV drama was a really cool side bonus to getting Reunion made – not to mention the dozens of fantastic deaf actors who came in to play various roles in the show.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the memoir, Sheen blames this same testosterone cream for feeding his state of mind going into that encounter.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Pictures of Bambi going about her day with a microphone on her collar.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After evacuating right before Katrina, Fussell and her family moved through Baton Rouge; New Iberia; Washington, DC; and Philadelphia before returning to New Orleans in December 2005.
    Dian Zhang, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Speaking at a Senate hearing, Lazaro was asked whether the Philippines could seek Beijing's help in evacuating close to 200,000 Filipinos living in Taiwan if conflict breaks out.
    Karen Lema, Reuters, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In this add on, a meteor lands on a volcanic island and so Kirby is left collecting shards of a shattered crystal and preventing an eerie presence from inside the rock from escaping.
    Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The Story of Pearl Girl centers on a sharp, scrappy heroine (Zhao Lusi) who claws her way into high society after escaping a cruel pearl farm.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Related Stories While fleeing with her family from Gaza City in January 2024, the car Rajab was traveling in was shelled, killing her uncle, aunt and three cousins.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Rajab and her family had been fleeing Gaza City when their vehicle was shelled, killing her uncle, aunt, and three cousins.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Bailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bailing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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