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baton

noun as in stick used for conducting or for protection

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The House leadership trio that passed the leadership baton after 2022: all moderates.

From Slate

We cannot wait for 18 months and then say 'now we'll pick up the baton'.

From BBC

Dr Joanne Grenfell, the Bishop of Stepney and the Church of England's lead safeguarding bishop, said the failings identified in the report into Smyth's abuse meant it was "now necessary for others to take up the baton".

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Robinson, whose USC teams won four Rose Bowls in his two stints with the Trojans, died Monday in Baton Rouge, La., of complications from pneumonia, USC announced.

“After more than twenty years of leadership at three great universities,” Folt wrote to the USC community, “I am excited to embrace the freedom that comes with a next big leap, and to pass the baton to the next president who will be able to build upon our accomplishments and create a new chapter for this extraordinary institution.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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