14 Sentences With "battened down the hatches"

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In the wake of our loss, I battened down the hatches.
"They have not battened down the hatches to constrain North Korea's use of the financial system," Ms. Rosenberg said.
Looking back now, I wish I had battened down the hatches the moment my lawyer explained that my life was going to change.
On the other side of the world, Hong Kong battened down the hatches ahead of Super Typhoon Mangkhut, forecast to be one of the strongest storms to hit the territory.
As it turned out, the tech bubble was already in the process of bursting and the economy duly slid into recession the following year, as consumers battened down the hatches.
And it's battened down the hatches in some ways, forcing users to shortcut from Spotify into the real Facebook Messenger rather than giving third-parties any special access to offer Facebook Messaging themselves.
SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas led Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday before Formula One battened down the hatches and awaited the arrival of typhoon Hagibis.
When Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey battened down the hatches in 2013's The Purge, the movie ended up making almost $90 million against a relatively tiny budget, and 2014 sequel The Purge: Anarchy was an even bigger success.
The 63-year-old Romanian world number one, still seeking a first grand slam title, trailed 3-0 but battened down the hatches to reel off the next nine games on her way to a first Melbourne semi-final.
Worried about his razor-thin majority of 61, particularly as he confronts the issue of passing the budget this fall and about growing pressure from the Europeans and even the United States on the peace process, he's battened down the hatches.
LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - European shares hovered near two-year highs on Thursday, with trading muted as investors battened down the hatches ahead of the Bank of England's policy meeting, though a profit warning from Playtech punctured the calm in early deals.
But the Catholic church generally battened down the hatches, although scandals forfeited trust, with Pope Benedict resigning at the height of the child sexual abuse scandals.
The Canadians then battened down the hatches and scored 2 more goals to close out the period and another insurance marker in the third to win 4-1. The Belorussians move to the Bronze medal game against Canada East, while Canada West goes to their third straight Gold medal game at the WJACs.
In 1984, the Twins were again Manitoba and Western Canadian champions. They played host to the Cambridge Hornets at the Fort Williams Gardens in a best- of-seven series. The Twins opened the series squeezing out a 3-2 victory over the Hornets. Cambridge came back in game two and rocked the Twins 7-3. After this, the Twins battened down the hatches and fought through a pair of tight wins (5-3, 6-5) to clinch the series in game five with a convincing 6–1 win to clinch the team's second Allan Cup. In 1985, the Twins repeated as Manitoba and Western champions and found themselves in a best-of-seven marathon with the Corner Brook Royals in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

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