batten

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It may not even slow rates of saving at all, since amid slowing economic growth and mounting pessimism, households have plenty of other reasons to batten down their financial hatches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

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

“If it’s a slower season, we batten the hatches and weather the storm,” Allen told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 8, 2025

He added that the threat level meant the poultry industry needed to "batten the hatches down, review their biosecurity and redouble their efforts".

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Ma headed out to bring in the other animals and batten down the house.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye