- a variation of batt.
bat
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So I started putting down ideas, and I realized: Should I reveal that it’s about an apartment right off the bat, or should I wait till the last line of the chorus?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
England's total seems at least workable, yet Pakistan have the chance to gain a foothold if they bat well.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
There was the bat that everyone thought was a thumper and the bat that made you feel electrocuted if you hit the ball in weather below 70 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
And that was essentially a bat signal for scholars and historians to try to come up with those reasons and feed them to the court.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Gross, man,” said Kojo, trying to high-step his way across the floor to avoid the sticky puddles of brown bat doo.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
He batted against Hall-of-Famers, frequently slammed face-first into outfield fences and experienced the pressure cooker of the postseason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
When the FDA approved Ozempic in 2017 and Wegovy in 2021, hardly anyone batted an eye.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
But instead of gossiping about who’s dating whom, collaborators batted around their pasts and infused the darkly comedic anthology series with themes of samsara and the Jungian Shadow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
A furry AI pet batted its eyelashes at cooing onlookers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
He pointed to his face when he said that and batted his eyes, which made me laugh.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
It isn’t too soon to start batting away the bad ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Had England won the toss it feels reasonable to suspect the home bowlers would have made life very difficult for the fragile visiting batting.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Shoehi Ohtani threw live batting practice for the first time since sustaining a knee injury that has kept him out of the Dodgers’ rotation since July.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Kyle Tucker’s sub-.240 batting average and the oft-injured Edwin Díaz cost the Dodgers $83 million this year — more than the entire payrolls of the Marlins and Guardians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
“All right, let’s see how you are with batting averages. What is Joe DiMaggio’s lifetime batting average?”
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
