- a variation of batt.
bat
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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
All it’s been doing is serving an oppressive, jumbo-sized reminder every time Betts goes to bat of how un-Mookie-Betts-like he’s been for much of this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Manchester Super Giants survived a late wobble with the bat to beat Trent Rockets by five wickets and win the franchise's first Hundred title at Lord's.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 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
When I rolled my eyes over something last week, she reacted like I’d taken my bat to her great-grandmother’s bone china, but whatever.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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
Like the other batters, his mark comes with the caveat of Pakistan's bowling attack being poor but, after all that has come before, Brook batted as many have asked him to.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
Hanako touched her arm, but Baachan batted it away and wept.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
It isn’t too soon to start batting away the bad ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
If Cox or Lawrence fill their batting boots this summer, then England's top-order will become congested.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Ohtani likely will throw another live batting practice session before potentially returning to the rotation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Both females, playing together, jumping over a log, batting an old pumpkin with their paws.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
