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Recent Examples of bate
Lee’s Eve bates Athena up through a spiral parking garage tunnel and knocks her off her lightcycle.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
25 July 2025
Who’d have thought everyone would be waiting, breath bated, for the rerelease of an album that came out nine years ago to middling reviews?
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
Every time her vocals seamlessly shifted from a keen voice, sharp as a blade, to a beautiful singing voice, the audience broke out in goose bumps, breath bated.
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Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2024
During that fleeting wait, bated breath and a thumping heartbeat are symptoms of a process that happens in the brain.
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Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2024
Meckler will make his major league debut Monday night at Oracle Park, bating second and starting in center field against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Joe Freeman,
oregonlive,
14 Aug. 2023
Others will have a day off work and maybe do something meaningful to honor Black people—but our breath is not bated.
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Time,
19 June 2023
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
25 July 2025
Who’d have thought everyone would be waiting, breath bated, for the rerelease of an album that came out nine years ago to middling reviews?
—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
Every time her vocals seamlessly shifted from a keen voice, sharp as a blade, to a beautiful singing voice, the audience broke out in goose bumps, breath bated.
—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2024
During that fleeting wait, bated breath and a thumping heartbeat are symptoms of a process that happens in the brain.
—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2024
Meckler will make his major league debut Monday night at Oracle Park, bating second and starting in center field against the Tampa Bay Rays.
—
Joe Freeman,
oregonlive,
14 Aug. 2023
Others will have a day off work and maybe do something meaningful to honor Black people—but our breath is not bated.
—
Time,
19 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bate
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Propellers can be particularly burdensome because rotors often need to be removed, cleaned and reinstalled, requiring some real elbow grease.
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The pool is being cleaned twice annually, with 10 to 15 large truckloads of debris removed at each cleaning, the National Park Service reports.
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Beginning in 2026, the rules surrounding deducting losses become even more penalizing.
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The Canadian women’s team — the reigning Olympic champions from the Tokyo Games — was deducted six points from its group standings in France.
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Harry has previously shared his desire to reconcile with his family, and the meeting triggered speculation the royal family’s rift might be abating.
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After 72 hours, the swelling abated a little more each day (though not always uniformly), and the mild bruising began turning yellow, fading away entirely by day seven or eight.
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Gross profit is revenue without subtracting the cost of production expenses.
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There will be plenty of discourse over the next few weeks, and a lot of negotiating on what could be added or subtracted from the legislation to get this off the Senate floor and into the House.
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Yet days after the work was completed, photographs and videos of floating chunks of a cerulean material that appears to have detached from the pool’s walls have gone viral.
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Today, people amass unmanageable debt simply to keep faith with a story that feels increasingly detached from their reality.
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The 24-year-old Koné was taken off on a stretcher at BC Place after Qatar’s Assim Madibo caught him from behind in the 54th minute of Canada’s 6-0 rout, with Marsch saying the sound of the impact was audible from the sidelines.
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During that time, the suspects took the woman's bracelet off her wrist without her knowing before taking off, according to police.
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
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Get in the habit of disconnecting devices when you’re done using them.
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That supply was severed during spring planting season in the Northern Hemisphere which is the most critical window of the agricultural calendar.
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And last month, local conservation groups were notified that the USFWS was considering a 180-day notice to sever the 2020 memorandum of understanding with the Army.
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“Bate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bate. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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