batten
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The team revived original furnishings and interior and exterior walls, while constructing a new ADA-compliant Victorian carpenter gothic cottage with stylish board and batten siding, modeled after a 19th-century Sears kit house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
Ma headed out to bring in the other animals and batten down the house.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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