How to Use bailout in a Sentence

bailout

1 of 2 noun
  • On a large-screen TV, Barack Obama was explaining the terms of the bailout.
    Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • This bailout has led to the biggest political scandal in recent history in Ohio.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2021
  • That included a previous bailout for two Exelon nuclear plants in 2016.
    Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Other large industries: The package includes $500 billion for loans to larger industries, but does not include a bailout for cruise lines.
    Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Federal bailout dollars can’t fully paper over state budget deficits, especially with remote work cooling the white-hot Manhattan core of the state’s commerce and tax revenue.
    Alyssa Katz, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 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
  • 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, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Inland communities that run short can’t count on a bailout from the Great Lakes.
    John Flesher, chicagotribune.com, 26 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
  • But while the plan has garnered some support from lawmakers across the aisle, Ivey has been firmly against a state bailout.
    Rebecca Griesbach | , al, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The exception was George W. Bush, who in the final months of his tenure in 2008 faced a financial crisis and was forced to back a huge bank bailout that most of his own party opposed.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
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bail out

2 of 2 verb
  • We got bailed out by uninformed buyers who wanted to bet against a soft landing.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Posting a £28 billion loss, the British government bailed out RBS.
    Nuala Walsh, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Based on the final score, the pitchers put the coaching staff on a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows, but the offense enjoyed some clutch moments to bail out the team.
    Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Once again, an Elizabethan cobbler has to bail out his ne’er-do-well sibling from the village stocks.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
  • Curry isn’t the type to bail out on his cherished franchise after a depressing few months of play.
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2021

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