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"at bay" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
The phrase is used to express the idea that something is being kept away or held back from advancing or attacking. For example, "The firefighters were able to keep the flames at bay."
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at bay
phrase
Unable to come closer; at a distance.
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Who says capitalism is at bay?
This helps keep the clumping at bay.
My voice holds them at bay.
Can they keep Qld at bay here?
It kept the seizures at bay.
The complex, though, kept gentrification at bay.
Slim margins historically kept competition at bay.
Disorder had to be kept at bay.
The real world was kept at bay.
"How do I keep it at bay?
– kept only just at bay.
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