How to Use off the bat in a Sentence
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This speech was four pages long, with no stops, and that could have been quite a lot to just receive off the bat.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 July 2026
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Their only run came from a double play grounded off the bat of Jasson Dominguez in the ninth inning.
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James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2026
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The Yanks were only able to manage one extra-base hit off the bat of Trent Grisham in the ninth.
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James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2026
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But New York got to him in the fifth, inducing three walks while getting a two-run homer off the bat of Max Schuemann.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
4 July 2026
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In the fourth, Johnson gave up a leadoff single to Julio Rodríguez but erased that threat by inducing a double play off the bat of Canzone.
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Doug Miller,
Oc Register,
30 June 2026
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