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as in belting
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as in hitting
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
batted the lamp off the table with one strike
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as in licking
to strike repeatedly
batted the piñata until it finally broke open
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as in wandering
to move about from place to place aimlessly
on Sunday afternoons we'd pile into Father's car and bat around the countryside
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Recent Examples of batting
Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
In the past decade, a Cuban player has won an MLB MVP award, two Rookie of the Year honors, an AL batting title, and two ALCS MVPs.
—Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Pacers Romario Shepherd and Jason Holder couldn't bowl West Indies to victory after batting their side to respectability.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Minnesota has had a few other players in its six-man rotation batting injuries, including sophomore post player Grayson Grove (shoulder) and junior wing Bobby Durkin (knee).
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2026
In the past decade, a Cuban player has won an MLB MVP award, two Rookie of the Year honors, an AL batting title, and two ALCS MVPs.
—Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
Jake Cronenworth batting atop the order in Monday’s Cactus League game should be taken at this point as a matter of curiosity and convenience.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Pacers Romario Shepherd and Jason Holder couldn't bowl West Indies to victory after batting their side to respectability.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for batting
Noun
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When a choir joins the singers for the final third of the song and both Houston and Carey take flight with their trademark belting, just sit back and marvel.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Lola Young, who would later score one of the night’s biggest surprise wins, stayed earthbound with a short solo piano performance that went right from 0-to-60 on the emo/belting scale.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 Feb. 2026
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Among passers-by, fur coats are in fashion.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
22 Mar. 2026
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Over the next few weeks, vote head‑to‑head on the cutest fur babies.—
Jane Onyanga-Omara,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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After hitting 11 of their first 17 attempts, the Bison finished 14 of 29.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The problem is the film just keeps hitting this same note over and over without ever caring to explore the psychology that underpins this.—
Chase Hutchinson,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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The spotless streets are polished nightly by the feet of families licking ice cream.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2026
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On April 30, 2025, the dog was reportedly licking its tail and lethargic.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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For six of the last seven years, this franchise has been wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of baseball purgatory.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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For a club that spent its early MLS years wandering through mediocrity, Pareja became the steady hand that finally made Orlando City a consistent contender.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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But the midfielder may get the chance to assist his team’s daunting assignment in overhauling their first-leg 6-1 hammering by Bayern in Munich.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Baupost Group’s Seth Klarman picked up Amazon in the fourth quarter, a bet that has yet to work out for the value investor this year as tech stocks take a hammering.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
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From crashing a friend's luau to searching for the sweetest spot to take a nap, avoiding work quickly spirals into thwarting surreal disasters…in the most hilarious and entertaining of ways.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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After his Friday night lectures, Triton College professor Seth McClellan would go home and take a quick two-hour nap before driving for over eight hours to Kentucky for the weekend to work on his latest documentary film.—
Cam'ron Hardy,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
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But a leadoff walk in the top of the 9th allowed Eugenio Suárez to knock in what would prove to be the winning run, smacking a double to left center field and scoring pinch runner Javier Sonoja.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Her furious attempts to extricate herself from Ramirez ended with her smacking her head on the parking lot asphalt and Ramirez hitting her in the right eye, according to the arrest report.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Batting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batting. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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