baton
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"Ternus is not going to take over the CEO baton with a treadmill approach in our view and this is a good thing."
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
But it is a fresh sight in governor’s races, after Gov. Jerry Brown served eight years and then seamlessly handed the baton to Newsom for another eight.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026
My daughter and my daughter-in-law now give blood and it's great to know I'm passing on the blood donation baton, just like my mum before me.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
“The baton has been passed from print to the traditional web, and now from the traditional web to social,” BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti said at the time.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
It would be a relay-style toad race today, with each toad hopping 131 toadstools before passing a baton to their teammate.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Vocabulary lists containing baton
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