as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled
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As conventional growth drivers such as roads, renewable power and real estate pass the baton to new age infrastructure like data centers and battery manufacturing.
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Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026
Barrett said another video released Monday showed an activist taking a baton away from an officer as protesters tried to rush the gate to the facility.
—Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
But Adami cautioned investors against overthinking the baton-passing.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
In 2022, Vincent Bolloré passed the leadership baton to his sons Yannick and Cyrille, and stepped down as chairman at age 70.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Menaka Doshi, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026
Barrett said another video released Monday showed an activist taking a baton away from an officer as protesters tried to rush the gate to the facility.
—Scott Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
But Adami cautioned investors against overthinking the baton-passing.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
In 2022, Vincent Bolloré passed the leadership baton to his sons Yannick and Cyrille, and stepped down as chairman at age 70.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baton
cane
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Brown suffered cuts and a black eye in addition to leg injures that resulted in permanent scarring and requires him to walk with a cane, his lawyers say.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dancer Jessica Rabanzo-Flores, dressed in a brown suit jacket and representing McCullers, approached the stage with a cane before joining company dancers who performed the gravity-defying balancing acts that reflect Malashock’s choreographic style.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Baton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baton. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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