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Recent Examples of batten
Everyone from Jeff Bezos to Gwyneth Paltrow is talking about the likelihood of a deepening recession, with the Amazon founder advising Twitter followers on Oct. 19 to batten down the hatches and the Goop CEO confessing late- night worries about the economic outlook a few days earlier.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Oct. 2022
All the Valkyries could do was batten down the hatches and try to ride out Assumption's storm.
—J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2022
Yep, the probabilities in this economy tell you to batten down the hatches.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
Yep, the probabilities in this economy tell you to batten down the hatches.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Oct. 2022
All the Valkyries could do was batten down the hatches and try to ride out Assumption's storm.
—J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2022
Yep, the probabilities in this economy tell you to batten down the hatches.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 20 Oct. 2022
Yep, the probabilities in this economy tell you to batten down the hatches.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for batten
Verb
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Taylor wore the coat fully buttoned up, ready to throw it off for a dramatic reveal later in the evening.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Get closure: One of the biggest trends of this season and the next is in the details of how everything buttons up — with toggles, frog closures, hook-and-eye clasps, and the like.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Now, those animals can cost as much as $1,500 as buyers hoover up calves to fatten them for slaughter.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Now, those animals can cost as much as $1,500 as buyers hoover up calves to fatten them for slaughter.—
Enda Curran,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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For the last 10 years, his focus has been affixed to the NBA.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Holloway, 21, was arrested and charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and failure to affix a tax stamp.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kevin MacEgan, the couple’s eldest son, said his parents were victimized in this manner because of the choices made by Abril — and by the CHP, to approach Abril in a park filled with children playing baseball and other visitors.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Ultra and Miami officials recommend public transportation because lots tend to fill.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Jesús Domínguez pushes through thick brush lining a rugged mountainside with an AK-47 slung over his shoulder and a grenade fastened to his leather belt.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The images, taken from a camera fastened to a fence and focused on the back of the house and another that showed the driveway and front of the garage door, captured family members, landscapers and pool workers stretching back weeks prior to the kidnapping.—
Pat Milton,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Most bites occur when people mess with snakes, Magee said.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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So no need to mess with rebates or even TrumpRx.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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When gas prices are up, the party not in power is likely to pin it on the party in power.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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Critics were eager to pin the more than 150 deaths on AI after reports on the use of Claude in the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro — and a public spat between the Pentagon and Anthropic — kicked off a global debate over the growing role of the technology in warfighting.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In another part of the factory, a worker used a wooden stick, like a tongue compressor at a doctor’s office, to scrape excess bits of explosive out of the grooves inside each shell, ensuring that the base would screw on smoothly.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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The result is that many contestants are frequent collaborators and have long histories with one another, adding extra juice to their attempts to screw each other over.—
Claire McNear,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Batten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batten. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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