How to Use bailout in a Sentence

bailout

1 of 2 noun
  • Congress didn’t intend for states to use the pandemic bailout for wall construction.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 25 June 2021
  • There was a sense that the bailout was the one thing standing between the future of your favorite neighborhood restaurants and oblivion.
    Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 July 2021
  • But now, because state legislatures have beaten them to the punch, Emmert and the schools are asking for, in essence, a legal bailout.
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2021
  • Ford’s promise in October 1975 to veto any federal bailout of the Big Apple).
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Providence’s pension system is a ticking time bomb that will eventually force future mayors to raise taxes, decimate city services, and yes, beg residents all over the state for a bailout.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2021
  • Binance agreed to buy FTX in a bailout, then backed out of the deal.
    Marley Jay, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • If workers got a raw deal out of the bailout, then so did the planet.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Bucky orders Brady to salvo the ship’s full bomb load and hit the bailout alarm.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
  • On a large-screen TV, Barack Obama was explaining the terms of the bailout.
    Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The deal is one of the largest acquisitions by NatWest since its 2008 state bailout.
    William Shaw, Bloomberg.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Portman said the bill is not a bailout, and no new funding is going to the agency.
    CBS News, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Both Bennett and Hatch voted in favor of a 2008 bank bailout that rankled those on the far right.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • If Richter’s agency and the others get a bailout, where is the incentive to do better?
    Richard Wexler, New York Daily News, 13 May 2024
  • The government had been in talks with the IMF about a bailout, barring which Pakistan was sure to default.
    Nazish Brohi, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The prospect of a bailout presents China the same kind of moral hazard that the US, for instance, faced during the banking crisis of 2008.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 20 Sep. 2021
  • But as the weeks wore on, a bailout and unfreezing appeared less likely.
    Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
  • Did the pandemic bailout help low-wage workers, or hurt them?
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The time limit was a condition for the EU’s blessing of the previous bailout.
    Sonia Sirletti, Bloomberg.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Pakistan also hopes the board will approve the release of a crucial $1.1 billion from the bailout.
    Saudi Arabia, Fox News, 11 July 2023
  • Sri Lanka turned to the IMF for help to rescue the economy and secured a bailout package last year.
    Bharatha Mallawarachi, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2024
  • So far, there hasn’t been much movement on a federal bailout.
    Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Whether that bailout is enough to stabilize the ship for the long haul is another matter.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • During the ensuing 4 on 4, Ullmark stared down Tkachuk on a breakaway — and didn’t need to make a bailout save, since Tkachuk hit the iron.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Inland communities that run short can’t count on a bailout from the Great Lakes.
    John Flesher, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Inland communities that run short can't count on a bailout from the Great Lakes.
    John Flesher, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Some still consider the actions taken by the government over the last week a bailout.
    Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The fall of the investing giant sent shock waves through global markets and led to a $3.6 billion bailout.
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 16 June 2022
  • That’s when the subprime mortgage crisis and the massive bank bailouts happened.
    Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
  • A lot of people still…would term it as a bailout similar to the auto industry.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • Despite more than $50 billion in government bailouts over the past six years aimed at boosting production and refinery capacity, Pemex has lost billions, mainly from its refinery operations.
    Eduardo García, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
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bail out

2 of 2 verb
  • Big institutions, banks and the investors got bailed out over main street.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Shortstop Jacob Amaya bailed out thinking at least one of his two teammates was going to make the catch.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Minnesota’s defense bailed out its quarterback, however.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Trammell lost the ball in the lane and was bailed out by a foul call that put him on the line for one-and-one.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • He cannot be bailed out of jail and isn’t due in court again until mid-June, records show.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
  • Malone bailed out before the plane crashed in the jungle.
    CBS News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • That side of the ball has been bailing out the Chiefs' mistake-prone offense for much of the season.
    Dave Skretta, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
  • He got bailed out by a blocking foul at midcourt and sank one free throw to win it.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
  • When Lance went down to injury in Week 2, Garoppolo was there to bail out the team.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2023
  • That doesn’t mean Biden was wrong to bail out the depositors.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Sarah Edwards, a spokesperson for The Bail Project, said 92% of clients who are bailed out will return to court.
    Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Will Williams rebound after a rough Week 1 where he was bailed out by the defense?
    Andy Scholes, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Michigan nearly made a big error on the first play of the game, but was bailed out by a few slivers of grass.
    Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But, hey, no worries: the timely offense helped bail out a busted lead from the bullpen.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
  • The governor wondered why the state should force Big Tech to bail out some of the state’s biggest news owners.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The Cowboys have shown a willingness to bail out and stand by their troubled players through the years.
    Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Teenagers — which now means members of Gen Z — have long been asked to bail out America.
    Elly Belle, refinery29.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • There is not enough money in the FDIC to bail out depositors.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • And while Arizona is middle of the pack in many defensive statistics, the offense much of the time has to bail out the D.
    Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Rangers lefty John King bailed out them out of one jam, only to create another mess in the eighth.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
  • Since then, the music mogul has attempted to bail out twice, which he was denied both times.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Both crews bailed out soon after, floating down to the jungle by parachute.
    Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • With the pandemic winding down and still plenty of cash to go around, now isn’t the time to bail out hospitals.
    Elise Amez-Droz, STAT, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The exchange started the run that felled its rival, FTX, and has since promised to help bail out struggling crypto firms.
    Quartz, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But the squad inside bailed out and managed to safely escape back to cover.
    Ian Pannell, ABC News, 29 June 2023
  • That was the case in the United States when big banks were bailed out to soften a global financial crisis.
    Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The police search his bag and find tens of thousands of dollars in cash, which Terry wants to use both to bail out his cousin and purchase a truck.
    Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • More monthly and energy bills to bail out their fat cat friends who fund their little.
    cleveland, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The Fed and Congress ultimately stepped in to bail out and prevent the further collapse of this grid.
    Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Stroman remains in Santa Rita Jail and cannot be bailed out, records show.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024

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