BAILING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

bailing

verb

present participle of bail

as in exiting

to leave a place often for another after two hours of that boring party, we were ready to bail

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Recent Examples of bailing Surfer Hunter Jones narrowly avoided slamming into the Malibu Pier after bailing from a massive wave earlier this week. —

Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026 Boston’s assessing commissioner Nicholas Ariniello is bailing amid a lawsuit that claims the city is retaliating against commercial property owners that file abatements, as the mayor continues to shake up her administration. —

Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026 Intervening in the latest fiasco with Spirit Airlines by bailing them out would undermine that effort. —

Elaine Parker, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026 But the move obviously raises questions about whether Amazon is bailing on Luna, as Google did with Stadia in late 2022. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026 By rebalancing regularly and understanding your personal risk tolerance, investors have a better chance of staying the course, according to Schmehil, rather than bailing if their portfolio balance or emotions reach uncomfortable levels. —

Lorie Konish, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026 But there’s no example of any Jew ever asking him for anything at all as a result of bailing him out. —

David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 Thanks for bailing us parents out, Yelp. —

Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 13 Mar. 2026 My favorite scene of them all, though, is the final cruise through their stomping grounds as Play, Kid, and their friend DJ Bilal (Martin Lawrence) drop Sharane and Sydney off at their cribs after bailing Kid out of jail. —

Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026

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An Uber driver taking fans to Kansas City’s first World Cup match was injured, as was a woman who was exiting Interstate 70 on her way to pick up her brother.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
The ships included eight tankers and two cargo ships exiting the Persian Gulf and eight tankers and six cargo ships entering it.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 23 June 2026