pinch-hits

present tense third-person singular of pinch-hit
as in substitutes
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester

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spells
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  • Sam Houston is 0-4 (bad), but the program spells Bearkats with a k (good).
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Defeat usually spells the end for the captain, especially if the loss is by a wide margin.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Pinch-hits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinch-hits. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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