batten
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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
As Scotland prepares to welcome in 2026, some residents will be getting ready to batten down the hatches, with a yellow snow and ice warning in force for much of the country.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
So regardless of what Nvidia says Wednesday, investors don’t have to batten down the hatches just yet.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 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
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