bat

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In the ninth, Jordan Romano threw a fastball that looked like it hit Leo Rivas, but the call was overturned after a challenge confirmed it hit the bat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

"Christina has been sleeping heads down in the middle of the vehicle, kind of like a bat suspended from our docking tunnel," Wiseman explained, describing their preferred spots for shut-eye.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

“You really had to go to bat to keep open a case that was more than two years old.”

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

The development is expected to displace 130 bat roosts but Reform UK county councillor, Vernon Smith, said he was astonished by the cost of the project.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“But you’re lucky. You just have to read to your mama and me. Do you know what you want to read for your bat mitzvah yet?”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack