baton
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Here’s some not-very-exciting news for you: The glitzy stocks that have carried the baton for this bull market sputtered this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
He's apparently passed that baton to Prime Minister Lecornu.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Such forays are not typical for an orchestra of Berlin’s august cast, let alone under the baton of its chief conductor, so there was the hope of something different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Benson competed in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,600, long jump, shotput … and earned his award — a baton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The baton hitting the desk made a hollow, reverberating noise.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
"Authorities must allow young people to exercise these rights without fear of being hit by tear gas grenades or batons, or being arbitrarily taken into police custody," said Amnesty France president Anne Savinel-Barras.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Little is made of Goering’s outrageous personal style: the power-blue Reichsmarschall’s uniform, the fur-lined capes, the diamond encrusted badges and batons, the face makeup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Sixty years ago, marchers in Selma faced tear gas and batons so that we might inherit a fuller democracy.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2025
The batons have symbolic values of protection for women, who use them during conflict.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
All the fumbling, and stumbling, and batons slipping and dropping to the ground.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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