batten

Example Sentences

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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

So regardless of what Nvidia says Wednesday, investors don’t have to batten down the hatches just yet.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

When they are struggling, they batten down the hatches and go all 'Dogs of War'.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

That no one could have understood that they would be the target of monthly hurricanes pinballing up the Mississippi Alley, gunning for anything that didn’t have the sense to batten down, float, or go underground.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi