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
Stay safe this weekend and batten down the hatches.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 24, 2026
Warning signs such as these can cause investors to think it’s time to sell bonds and batten down the hatches.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
The prime minister will be wanting to "get things sorted out, batten down the hatches and get things moving forward," Baroness Harman said.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2024
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
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