battening

present participle of batten

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Verb
  • Also consider buying staple items that stretch meals, such as rice and beans, or plan for 'one dish' meals that are filling, such as spaghetti and meat sauce, chili, soups, or casseroles.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • So filling, yet doesn’t feel like a heavy meal and has a fresh taste.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In August, Vogue described how fashionistas and celebrities are affixing Labubus to their expensive Birkins and Chanel bags.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In Wisconsin, the secretary of state is responsible for recording acts of the governor, affixing the great seal, keeping custody of state records, laws, books and more.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Faye, named after actress Faye Dunaway, is cut with an open toe, ultra-thin straps and a small buckle-fastening ankle strap.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In total, roughly 700 lashers responsible for securing and fastening cargo on ships walked off the job.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The last two seasons have proven that the team starts off slow, which ends up messing their chances of making the playoffs.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Unlike bears and big cats, which kill their prey and then consume it, canines oftentimes tire their prey, bring it down, and start feasting on and around the hind quarters while the animal is still alive.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Toronto taxed Snell, the two-time Cy Young award winner, and expelled him from the game in the sixth, feasting on his underwhelming replacements.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When an aneurysm bursts, Moore said, clamping or coiling — filling the bubble with wire — are effective treatments.
    Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • For best results, hold it for a few seconds after clamping, then repeat from the base to the tip of the lashes to lock in the curl—there’s an art to it, after all.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • LogoPowered byScale logo Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, is slowly cutting through the Caribbean, soaking and lashing those in its path with torrential rain and catastrophic winds.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
  • By early evening, Melissa was still lashing the island with gusts potentially estimated as high as 200 mph near the eye and in the mountains.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the kitchen, overseen by Curtola along with the chef de cuisine Ben Zook, seems more interested in conjuring an authenticity of atmosphere than in adhering strictly to traditional recipes or preparations.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • After evaluating 200 hospital patients participating in the King's College London Oral, Dental, and Craniofacial Biobank, researchers found that those adhering most closely to a Mediterranean diet had the lowest levels of gum disease.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
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