batten

Example Sentences

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If the world’s most valuable company disappoints the market, investors really will need to batten down the hatches.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Stay safe this weekend and batten down the hatches.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

Banks have looked to batten down the hatches in response.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

When they are struggling, they batten down the hatches and go all 'Dogs of War'.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

That no one could have understood that they would be the target of monthly hurricanes pinballing up the Mississippi Alley, gunning for anything that didn’t have the sense to batten down, float, or go underground.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi