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Recent Examples of Synonyms for batten (down)
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And one plot point is an extension of an idea from the original: Iris locks herself in a cabin for years to stay alive, an extreme version of Devon Sawa's Alex holing up in a cabin in the first movie.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 May 2025 -
The Wolves finished the regular season 17-4 to lock in the No. 6 seed and avoid the Play-In Tournament.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Trump latched onto a single element — tariffs on foreign production — before appearing to back off on Monday.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
6 May 2025
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Decades later, Nazis latched onto the idea, with some even spending time hunting for Vril.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2025
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The 104-year-old home at 2000 Wharf Road has been barred from public access since 2011 in an effort to prevent vandalism, according to the city of Capitola.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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Although Jackson's guilt has remained a topic of debate, he was permanently barred from the game in 1921 by MLB's first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, per ESPN.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Unlike the Eastern Seaboard, where turbines can be bolted into the seabed, the continental shelf off the coast in the Pacific plunges steeply.—
Rob Nikolewski,
Mercury News,
8 May 2025
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Harris, a five-star, left Texas A&M for LSU in December 2022 and then bolted Baton Rouge for UTSA a year later.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Cops said in at least one instance, Boyd chained one girl to a pole in his basement with just a piece of bread to eat and a puddle of standing water to drink, according to local CBS affiliate WDJT.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Those hostages who have returned to Israel from Gaza in recent months described being held in extremely harsh conditions: many were kept chained in tunnels with little food and no medical care and some reported experiencing torture.—
Amos Harel,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Apr. 2025
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Beech and oak logs felled in the Morvan Forest were fastened together and floated along the Yonne, then up the Seine to fuel the fires of the growing population of Paris.—
Rachel Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
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Similar to how ropes push materials into the back of the human printer, wires fastened to a cap on Mickey’s head transmit memory data.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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Kelce’s team has appeared in the Super Bowl for three consecutive years, breaking their two-year losing streak earlier this year when the Philadelphia Eagles shut them out of a three-peat win at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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Statues are shown tagged and wrapped before shipment, sealed in wooden crates, drilled shut as if in reverse enslavement, and soon to be carted away by a white crew wearing Covid masks.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 May 2025
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Ono was president of the University of British Columbia when the pandemic hit and moved swiftly to close the campus and require vaccinations for those who returned.—
Ian Hodgson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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In 2015, Mexican food staple Tortilla Flats closed after 40 years, and two efforts to revive it as a cantina were short-lived, the Sacramento Business Journal reported.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2025
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“Batten (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batten%20%28down%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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