Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for batten (down)
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Taking a few minutes to review your extensions, remove anything unfamiliar and lock down your accounts can make a real difference.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026 -
The Rams did not wait for the end of the season to lock up key members of their core.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Like the most treacherous toadies from literature — Iago, Wormtongue, Tywin Lannister — Miller managed to shove aside rivals to latch onto his master’s ear and guide him toward more evil.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Rhine and other backers of the fees latched onto another line in the report that said the charges contribute to less than 5% of total development costs.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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He was echoed by Italian opposition leaders including former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte who demanded Italy bar them from entering the country.—
Alessandra Migliaccio,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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There, private security last summer repeatedly barred protesters and photo journalists from entering or observing at the entry.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The five-star freshman had committed to USC with every intention of bolting for the NBA after one season, only for the setbacks of the past year to put his likely lottery status in doubt.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Vladislav Gavrikov, who bolted in free agency over the summer, returned to his old stomping grounds for the first time and picked up an assist for his new team and an unwelcome one for his former cohorts as well.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Twenty-one sailors were chained, stripped and sold into slavery.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2026
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One of Elizabeth Vartkessian’s clients had been left chained to a bed as a baby with a bottle and some bowls nearby.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Investigators wrote that the children told authorities they were locked inside a chicken pen that was fastened shut and then shot at with BB guns during the alleged incident.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Even reminding people to fasten their seatbelts can help.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Bowie has eyes shut behind pink shadow and corpse-like marble skin on the cover of Aladdin Sane, from 1973.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Although the closing date has yet to be determined, Nuccio’s in all likelihood will shut its gates sometime in April or May.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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The return of his body closed a painful chapter for the country and cleared the way for the next and more challenging phase of the ceasefire, which calls for deploying an international security force, disarming Hamas, pulling back Israeli soldiers and rebuilding Gaza.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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China had closed its borders during the Covid-19 pandemic and only reopened them in earnest in early 2023.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Batten (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batten%20%28down%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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