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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?
—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
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
Verb
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Escalante Sandoval then approached the parked van, removed a key concealed in the gas cap and backed it up, allowing a group of people to move three deep freezers from the van into the bed of the truck and load them with packages.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Nothing has been touched since the artist’s death in 2009 except for dust removed by a neighbor and caretaker.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Verb
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In some cases, up to 80% of an incarcerated person’s wages are deducted.—
Julia Bowling,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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The county would deduct all the taxes, interest and fees owed on the property from the winning bid amount, then refund the surplus equity to the original property owner.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
Verb
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That war, now in its fourth year with little sign of abating, has killed hundreds of thousands, displaced about 14 million people and left almost 20 million facing acute hunger.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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On Komote Island, the El Molo's problems show little sign of abating.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
31 May 2026
Verb
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What did help ease respondent's minds, based on the survey results, was having a higher net worth, found by subtracting a household's liabilities from its assets.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
30 May 2026
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Plus, by losing Kane, the Red Wings would subtract one of their few clutch performers and five-on-five contributors.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Verb
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America is witnessing a dangerous generation of disconnected young people, increasingly detached from the value of human life itself.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
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Are asset prices detached from fundamentals?—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The original series took off in popularity during season 5 in 2019, turning cast members such as Higgins, Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury into household names.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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The giant rocket took off from South Texas, and its upper stage, or ship, splashed down on target in the Indian Ocean a little more than an hour later.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
Verb
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2026
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If the shortage lasts too long, protective systems begin disconnecting parts of the grid to stop a wider collapse.—
Sufan Jiang,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
Verb
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When tube feet were severed, the wound margin was a mess of missing or fragmented epidermal and connective tissue.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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Then came the collapse of the Assad regime, in Syria, severing the land route long used by Hezbollah to transport rockets, antitank missiles, and precision-guidance systems from its Iranian patron.—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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