bails 1 of 2

noun

plural of bail
1
as in bonds

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2
as in bows

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3
as in hods

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bails

2 of 2

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
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 Part of the enduring love for Cindy and Brenda, Hall said, is that Brenda consistently and comically bails on Cindy, every single time. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 4 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 None of us dares skip the reading, and nobody bails on the meeting. — Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bails
  1. bonds
  2. bows
  3. tanks
  4. exits
  5. gages
  6. loops
  7. jugs
  8. moves
Noun
  • Just as Treasury is likely forced back toward longer-term bonds, the Fed under new Chair Kevin Warsh is moving to shrink its own balance sheet.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Grooming can help remove parasites, improve hygiene and reinforce social bonds.
    — Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of bonds
Noun
  • By voting for the ordinance, Councilman Collin Czilli stressed repeatedly, the Republicans were voting to make the use of bows and arrows, paintball guns and other weapons legal.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Finished with French tips, tiny bows, stars, and polka dots, the design strikes the perfect balance between preppy and whimsical.
    — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 4 Aug. 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
  • Barcelona coach Hansi Flick confirmed some summer exits Marc Casado and Roony Bardghji were last minute cuts from the group that travelled to Italy, which was reportedly a surprise to the players themselves.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Recruitment staff were made aware before last season ended that exits were required to raise funds to sign new players.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of exits
Noun
  • 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
  • From the San Luis Valley in Colorado to below Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico, the compact called for gages to monitor the river, ensuring downstream obligations were met.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Definition of gages
Noun
  • One user request now triggers chains of model calls, tool executions, retrieval steps and recursive planning loops.
    — Srikanta Datta, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Solar prominences One of the most surprising aspects of witnessing a total solar eclipse is a view of prominences during totality, bright pink spikes or loops that appear around the moon's silhouette.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of loops
Noun
  • Collectors can discover vintage ceramic jugs, mugs and teapots.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The traditional category, in which the San Jose nonprofit group competed, featured the use of different props such as tables, benches and wine jugs to combine technical skill with storytelling.
    — Yu Wang, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Definition of jugs
Verb
  • The result moves the KARNO platform beyond standalone operation and gives Hyliion a foundation for larger multi-megawatt installations built from standardized modules.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The film moves horizontally instead of vertically, and a lot of people get thrown off by that.
    — Chris Stanton, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of moves

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