bats
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of bats
Example Sentences
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"If I have to share it with the bats, I'll find a way of sharing it with the bats," Hammond told BBC Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
"You don't move somewhere as beautiful as this and expect to stamp out everything that already lives there... I'm sure there's room for the bats and me in Abergavenny."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Less than 1% of bats in nature are infected with rabies, according to the National Park Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“And obviously it’s a young, hungry team out there. Came out last night swinging the bats, so it’d be nice to put up a zero, get a lead, and go from there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Theirs was the Cadillac of clubhouses, sporting several parlors and a poolroom, a bounty of boxing gloves, baseball team jerseys, bats, and cleats, all paid for by their political patron, Frank Ragen.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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