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
Another world is depicted beneath the children — one that won’t be seen until four minutes before conductor Domingo Hindoyan raises his baton and the curtain begins to rise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Despite his retirement from the top board post, the change is considered an orderly passing of the baton rather than a sudden shock.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
All around the city, the posters proclaim, “Our New Era Starts Now,” with a determined-looking Gustavo Dudamel in profile, baton raised, about to nail some unheard climax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
I feel the baton smack into my left hand, I curl my fingers around it, I switch it to my right hand and take off down the chalk-striped brick-colored lane.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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More than a dozen police personnel were deployed at each of the container checkpoints, equipped with protective shields, batons and tear gas shells.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 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
By now, the remains of Retrieval One had their buzz batons fired up and raised.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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