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• Now, the royal mom has stylishly passed the baton to her three kids.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 May 2023
• Now, the royal mom has stylishly passed the baton to her three kids.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 May 2023
• The offense posted nine hits and passed the baton in a four-run fifth inning.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2022
• Vesia returned to the mound to begin the fifth, then passed the baton to Chris Martin for a scoreless inning.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2022
• So, he’s passed the baton to Lyman, and the firm is moving towards its future.
  — Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
• The Detroit Tigers passed the baton and separated the gap in the seventh inning.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2022
• Diana Taurasi missed nearly three weeks with a quad injury and passed the baton over to Skylar Diggins-Smith.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022
• When Jobs passed the baton to Cook, Apple’s market value stood at $350 billion.
  — Michael Liedtke, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2023
• Right-hander Evan Phillips was passed the baton one batter into the eighth, escaping a two-on, two-out jam to extinguish the Phillies’ best chance at a comeback.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
• Ramza and Hamilton passed the baton between them all day, speaking to the press, negotiating with the police and city workers.
  — Sam Russek, Curbed, 7 Apr. 2022
• Boland, now board chair, passed the baton to current president Cathy Minehan (another recruit of Popeo’s) two years ago.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• And this year, Buhari adhered to the country’s term limits and passed the baton to another member of his party, Bola Tinubu, who would prevail in what was essentially a tight three-way race.
  — Ebenezer Obadare, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2023
• Holliday passed the baton to Gunnar Henderson, who also singled to right, scoring Westburg to tie the game as Holliday went from first to third and beat the throw by inches.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
• Now, early data is coming through about our next generation of family makers: Gen Zers who have been passed the baton (or rattle) of parenthood, and all the rising costs that come with it.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 May 2024
• Carlisle passed the baton — literally, in this case — to Kyle Swanson, who has been Padre Dam’s assistant general manager for the past several months.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2022
• Tokyo passed the baton to Paris after staging a Games that was delayed by Covid-19 and dismayed a skeptical public but nonetheless still delivered its share of memorable moments.
  — NBC News, 8 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 28 Nov 2024