bat
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One species potentially at risk was the Bulmer's fruit bat, the centre wrote.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
“I want a mayor that’s going to protect me,” said Mohiuddin, who speaks out against Islamophobia and antisemitism, “and I really feel like Nithya would go to bat for us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
"We're getting some really good bat activity in the south-west area of Somerset," Gilmour said.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The oil market didn’t bat an eye after reports Thursday of tankers hit by mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Wasn’t nary other player better with a bat or quicker on his feet.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
He batted .268 during the postseason and drove in five runs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
He has driven in one run since then; the Dodgers batted him cleanup in Game 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
After the collapse, Jacks could have swung hard but batted responsibly to stretch out the innings from 211-7 in the 39th over.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Dean Chemerinsky said that when the justices pooh-poohed and batted aside aesthetic injury claims, that really raised questions for standing in a massive amount of environmental lawsuits.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
We batted and threw the ball around, and it was warm and sunny, and there was the smooth, happy feeling of the summer soon to come, and the tight excitement of the ball game.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Knocked off the top of the Test rankings for the first time in two and a half years, they have an ageing bowling attack and a batting line-up caught between generations.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
If England do pick a spinner, it will give them a chance to expose one weakness in South Africa's batting order.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Or at least convince him that lecturing Pope Leo XIV on Catholicism is like me giving batting tips to Shohei Ohtani.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
This is a team that only does batting practice after it finishes choreo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
He padded out of the Library again, the light batting at the ceiling as he withdrew down the hall.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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