Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bat (around)
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The girls don't have to compete with each other for our attention or end up talking over each other and arguing.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
8 May 2025 -
Thoughts contradicting one another, talking over each other and stretching reality.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2025
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An Israeli military official, who requested anonymity to discuss operational details, said that some ground troops had begun to advance in Gaza, but declined to say when, where or how far.—
Aaron Boxerman,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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But social media is full of media personalities and onlookers discussing the Combs trial with the timbre of a gossip blogger recounting a Real Housewives episode.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2025
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Drivers get literal hours to stare at the bumper sticker on the car ahead and chew over their lives.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
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In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, a filmmaker chews over what might have been and playfully probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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While Singh was still deliberating, a rebellion broke out in Kashmir, with newly independent Pakistan giving the insurgents support.—
Matt Williams,
The Conversation,
7 May 2025
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Both are measures to protect the conclave from external interference as the 133 voting cardinals deliberate.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
6 May 2025
Verb
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The House Ways and Means Committee debated House Republicans' broad tax plan.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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Social Media Reacts Posters on the Reddit forum r/TSA debated whether people should have been prepared for the change.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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“Bat (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bat%20%28around%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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