How to Use bail in a Sentence
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The judge set bail in that amount.
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Ubah Ali,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The judge set bail in that amount.
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Ubah Ali,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Let’s try and shoot the fans some bail.
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Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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The jail records don’t list her bail amount.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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He has not been charged and is out on bail.
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Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Horner then went on to ask about bail and his son.
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Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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His lawyer said Baez will make bail.
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Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2026
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They have since been released on bail.
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Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Feb. 2026
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He has been held without bail since then.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The boy was denied bail, records show.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
17 Jan. 2026
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He was released on bail and then fled the state.
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Cnn.com,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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He had been told that he’d soon be released on bail.
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Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Trump has since called on cities to end cashless bail.
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Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Both have pleaded not guilty, and both are out on bail.
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Sacbee.com,
25 June 2026
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His bail has been set at $5,000.
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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His bail was set at $1 million.
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Austin Turner,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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His bail was set at $1 million.
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Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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The man's bail was set at $6,000.
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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His bail has been set at $4 million.
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Austin Turner,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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His bail has been set at $2 million.
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Nathalie Marie Palacios,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Her bail has been set at $1 million.
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Wcco Staff,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Her bail has been set at $2 million.
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Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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His bail was set at $3 million.
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Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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His bail was set at $2 million.
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Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2026
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His bail was set at $2 million.
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Austin Turner,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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His bail was set at $2 million.
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Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
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His bail was set at $2 million.
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Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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His bail was set at $1 million.
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Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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His bail was set at $2 million.
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Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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Her bail was set at $2 million.
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Stephanie Ballesteros,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Her husband had to bail her out.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Or mom can’t always bail us out.
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Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
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Or the babysitter bails last minute.
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Jenny McCoy,
Outside,
3 Feb. 2026
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Just don’t expect a quick flip to bail you out.
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Corey Merriman,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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And bail at that point was only 30 cents.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 Dec. 2025
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Boston bailed Skubal out, though.
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Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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The parents were always there to bail him out.
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Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Glenn bailed on a triple loop required in her program.
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Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Bachman had to work hard to bail him out of the seventh.
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Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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No blockers, no screens, no one to bail you out or give you an assist.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2023
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The defense hasn’t bailed them out, either.
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Andy Scholes,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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There, he’s put under arrest, and the colony’s men go to bail him out.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2023
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That’s when third baseman Max Muncy helped bail him out.
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Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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The driver of the Cadillac bailed and ran off.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Rely on your charm and diplomacy to bail you out.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents used their house to bail him out.
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Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2023
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None of us dares skip the reading, and nobody bails on the meeting.
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Lauren Mechling,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2026
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Powell could have bailed for friends, drinks on ice, the Aegean Sea.
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Andrew Greif,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2024
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Thanks for bailing us parents out, Yelp.
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Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
13 Mar. 2026
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Two people in the pickup truck bailed and fled on foot, state police said.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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This time, unlike a week ago, the defense couldn't bail the offense out.
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Rod Walker,
NOLA.com,
21 Sep. 2020
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But that side of things bailed KC out Sunday.
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Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Mets bailed him out big time in the bottom of the inning with five runs.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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That’s the case every year, after all, even when a huge chunk of the cast didn’t bail or get fired.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
30 Sep. 2022
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Wilson bailed her out with a perfect back-door cut and had a wide-open lane to the basket.
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Marcus Thompson Ii,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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In each of the last two years the team has had ugly stretches that looked like the players may bail.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Dec. 2025
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When the offense stinks in London, the D bails them out.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
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When the offense stinks in London, the D bails them out.
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Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
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Signify is not about to bail on the standard as Belkin did last week.
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy,
The Verge,
27 Mar. 2023
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This prompts Ron to bail on karaoke and break into Jeff's office.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Dec. 2025
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