variants or bastinade

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Noun
  • Comey delivered her most fiery remarks yet, taking the baton after fellow prosecutor Christy Slavik delivered a five-hour closing argument on Thursday.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 June 2025
  • Body camera and security footage captured during the rescue, shared by Corona Police on Facebook, showed police through the window of a blue sedan before one of the officers used a baton to smash the front driver’s side window to gain access to the vehicle.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Other dolls in the Fashionistas line include a blind Barbie who carries a cane, a Barbie with Down syndrome, and a Barbie who uses a wheelchair.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • Her patient that day last November used a cane, and Jiménez planned to park close so that her patient wouldn’t have to walk too far.
    Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 June 2025
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“Bastinado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastinado. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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