as in scramble
informal
a quickly followed straight or direct course
He made a beeline for the kitchen.
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as in to overtake
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Recent Examples of beeline
Luna Adler, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
Hayes fired his gun after the man made a beeline from across the street, tackled Hayes and knocked him to the ground before grabbing him around the neck on a sidewalk, video shows.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
Snow bunnies will want to beeline it to the Queenstown Lakes and Canterbury regions for the best skiing conditions in the Southern Hemisphere, according to Sarah Handley, general manager of the Americas and Europe at Tourism New Zealand.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
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Noun
When Mulaney first arrived at 30 Rock, Rich made a beeline to his office.
—Luna Adler, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
Hayes fired his gun after the man made a beeline from across the street, tackled Hayes and knocked him to the ground before grabbing him around the neck on a sidewalk, video shows.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
Verb
After that game, Randle beelined to the Timberwolves’ locker room, then left the Target Center without addressing the media.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
Snow bunnies will want to beeline it to the Queenstown Lakes and Canterbury regions for the best skiing conditions in the Southern Hemisphere, according to Sarah Handley, general manager of the Americas and Europe at Tourism New Zealand.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beeline
Noun
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The scramble for market share will force issuers to recycle most of it into user incentives.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The result was a mad scramble in Japan to find sufficient rare earths to keep factories open, and Japan hurriedly became conciliatory and pleaded for a resumption in the trade.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The University of Edinburgh Using living human brain tissue, the researchers set out to study what happens when our brains encounter a toxic form of amyloid beta, a protein that's a building block of the amyloid plaques that build up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 May 2025
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The 47-year-old identical twins — Jonathan, a licensed contractor, and Drew, a real estate agent — didn’t set out to become the most famous siblings in the home improvement industry.—
Jennifer Bradley Franklin,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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When overtaking a freight train of 2 or 3 Class 8 big rigs hauling loads of green tomatoes through our California Central Valley, or getting around a similar raft of gravel trucks on the 210 freeway in Los Angeles.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Argentina international has overtaken Cole Palmer as the player providing the most assists for Chelsea this season with 11.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His music can best be described as neoclassical, with pop and electronic elements — and a dash of ambient smoothness.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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There, the younger Revel impressed the college coaches with his elite speed and athleticism, running the 40-yard dash in 4.4 seconds and showcasing a 39-inch vertical leap.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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His death now sets off the tradition of finding a new Vatican leader through the tradition known as a conclave.—
The Hill Staff,
The Hill,
26 Apr. 2025
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One simple phone call set off a scheme that ultimately enabled someone to steal her entire income tax refund and drain her savings account at a local credit union.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Wease is a vertical receiver who won’t outrun the coverage but can outwork them for the football.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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On that occasion, Newcastle’s club-record-equalling nine-game winning run was ended by a side who outran, out-pressed and overpowered them.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And given how hitters react to seeing meatballs, those extra ones add up in a hurry.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Andor finds his body, but the three of them have to leave in a hurry.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Television Academy is more willing to come through for those types of films, putting Netflix in strong standing.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
5 May 2025
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That puts even greater pressure on MSNBC to keep apace once the spinoff is complete.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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“Beeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beeline. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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