The majorette twirled the baton. the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled
Recent Examples on the WebThere are the usual mishaps: One girl drops a baton; another trips on her feather boa.Good Housekeeping, 3 Sep. 2022 Kazimer beat one man with a police baton and pepper-sprayed another woman. Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022 Playing under Wilson’s baton, the musicians represent a range of Ukrainian ensembles, and some are members of orchestras elsewhere in Europe.New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 But as the black hole evaporates, the area shrinks, and the new formula takes the baton as the true representative of the radiation's entanglement entropy. Ahmed Almheiri, Scientific American, 17 Aug. 2022 At the ceremony, Charles read a special message from his mother Queen Elizabeth, who had written it and included it in the baton that was relayed across the Commonwealth over the last nine months in the run-up to the games.PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022 But Franchy Cordero struck out on a full-count fastball and Cimber handed the baton to All-Star reliever Jordan Romano, who fell behind in the count before inducing Bobby Dalbec to fly out to center to end the inning. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022 Jonathon Heyward, who will take the top baton at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in the fall of 2023, is a charismatic 29-year-old with long, loose curls. Mary Carole Mccauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2022 Nelson Mandela saw his birthday as an opportunity for public service, hoping to inspire the next generation to take up the baton of social justice. Monica Mark, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
French bâton, from Old French baston, ultimately from Late Latin bastum stick