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bails 1 of 2

noun

plural of bail
1
as in bonds

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as in bows

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as in hods

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bails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bail
as in exits
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 bails
Verb
Hopefully, your customer lifetime value bails you out in the form of repeat orders, subscriptions, upsells and referrals. — Bar Maimon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 When all four girls are arrested for drug use, a local drug dealer (Franco) bails them out and subsequently draws them into a gang turf war. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 Crook bails from the interaction too early to find out, but the question will torment him all weekend. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026 Ebra, who apparently graduated from the Richie Jerimovich Institute for Asking for Shit at the Wrong Time, bails on his plans to discuss the future of the Beef with Carmy. — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026 When Bridget bails on her wedding and runs off to the island, Lucy follows, leading her right back to Felix. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 The mother [Cordelia, played by Natascha McElhone] is in an asylum, and the one who bails Sherlock out of trouble, the one who has to take a responsible job, is Mycroft [played by Max Irons]. — Max Gao, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026 Is there a world where Porsche bails on selling the 718 variants but still builds Audi a car? — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 19 Feb. 2026 Or the babysitter bails last minute. — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bails
  1. bonds
  2. bows
  3. tanks
  4. exits
  5. gages
  6. loops
  7. jugs
  8. moves
Noun
  • Researchers think this happens because swapping stories about social bonds, unexpected dangers and survival are advantageous for our evolution.
    — Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026
  • As the estimate draws a mix of scrutiny and praise from always-skeptical aldermen, many of whom criticized Johnson last year for using bonds to pay for the $90 million global settlement tied to corrupt former Sgt.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of bonds
Noun
  • The shoes also featured rounded toes topped with dainty bows.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The couple’s dogs, Peaches and Mousse, were outfitted in Oscar de la Renta dog bows made of the same silk faille as Claudia’s ceremony gown.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of bows
Noun
  • In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode.
    — Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • But faced with the quantity and quality of Soviet tanks in the East, and British-American tanks in the West, the tank’s purpose became the achievement of total battlefield supremacy.
    — Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
Definition of tanks
Verb
  • In many ways, the Connor Hellebuyck situation is more painful than other high-profile NHL exits of late.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • On that Sunday in March, Wright’s tour group exits her van and moves to the beachside memorial site.
    — Sonjirose Chin, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of exits
Noun
  • Scientists also revealed that special interface gages verify the form, fit and function of missile parts down to tolerances in the millionths of an inch.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The analysis tracked all the instances in which the gages reached a daily average height at or above flooding levels since the year 2000.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Definition of gages
Noun
  • The blade of the knife rolls forward and backward, loops of green onion gathering in a pyramid beside my father’s wrist.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The organizations making real progress are tying AI outputs to specific business results and building feedback loops to catch when the outputs drift.
    — Matt Waxman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of loops
Noun
  • Water bottles, milk jugs, and other plastic containers are shredded into pieces that look something like confetti.
    — Brian Unger, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Distilled water can be purchased in gallon jugs, which should last you quite a while to keep one Venus flytrap hydrated.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of jugs
Verb
  • Santiago’s next hearing is scheduled for September 21, the first of what could be a lengthy series of court proceedings as the case moves forward.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Central Florida will see more widespread showers and thunderstorms this weekend and into next week as a disturbance moves across the region and brings additional moisture, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
    — Keily Alfonzo, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of moves

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“Bails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bails. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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