as in scramble
informal
a quickly followed straight or direct course
He made a beeline for the kitchen.
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Recent Examples of beeline
Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Heid can vividly remember heading for the Lego aisle or looking at toys and movies as a 5-year-old on trips to Target, while Arch beelined to the sports department.
—Grace Raynor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Video footage from the disappearances shows each kid making a beeline in the same destination.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 30 July 2025
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Noun
Then, a black horse strode between the trees, beelining for Stires.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Heid can vividly remember heading for the Lego aisle or looking at toys and movies as a 5-year-old on trips to Target, while Arch beelined to the sports department.
—Grace Raynor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
When the inning ended, Lindor made a beeline toward the dugout.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Video footage from the disappearances shows each kid making a beeline in the same destination.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beeline
Noun
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After a scramble from Baltimore’s corner kick, Kerr’s header at the back post wormed through a thicket of defenders, and Cuthbert had the final touch.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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And while 6,288-foot Mount Washington, the highest, may sound like the junior leagues, this up-and-down trek involves 9,000 feet in elevation gain at near-constant maximum exposure—a near 20-mile rock scramble.—
Jacqueline Kehoe,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The think tank also set out to create shadow versions of the OMB and of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel to anticipate legal challenges and counter internal pushback.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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The fastest way to a stressful hosting experience is by micro-managing and trying to do everything yourself, from setting out food and drink to cleaning up to fluttering around to ensure nothing is going wrong.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Kingsnorth is surely right that public life has been overtaken by a narrow fixation on data and measurement.—
Cal Revely-Calder,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Tall grass also shades weed seedlings, preventing them from expanding and overtaking desirable grass plants, better than short turf.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And a ballistic Sean Payton dash onto the field to protest the call that led to another flag and the distance to the end zone cut to a yard.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Try making your own unsweetened hot cocoa at home using healthy ingredients like cocoa powder, unsweetened milk, a dash of cinnamon, and a blood sugar-friendly sweetener like monk fruit.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Setting it in one building also set off ah-ha moments.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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If enough satellites are in orbit, this debris could set off a chain reaction, rendering the environment around Earth practically impassable.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the truly unachievable task was outrunning himself.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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The only way Big D could possibly have a chance at being competitive in games is if their offense could outrun the tsunami of points coming from the other team.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To Cuomo, Mamdani is a young man in a hurry whose lack of experience should disqualify him from leading America's largest city.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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Both teams can put up points in a hurry.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Pair it with tights, knee-high boots, and a denim jacket for an effortlessly put together look.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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This could further drive up longtime residents’ property tax bills and put them at risk of losing their homes to the land bank eventually, too.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Beeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beeline. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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