batten
Example Sentences
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So regardless of what Nvidia says Wednesday, investors don’t have to batten down the hatches just yet.
From Barron's
“If it’s a slower season, we batten the hatches and weather the storm,” Allen told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch
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
Electric-vehicle makers are battening down the hatches, preparing for some stormy weather.
From Barron's
"It was a brutal league and it caught up with us. It was just a matter of battening down the hatches and trying to dig our way out of it," he reflects.
From BBC
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