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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Job insecurity, driven by layoffs and policy shifts, fuels a scramble for skills and stability.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Among the targets of the scrambles, more than half of them—464 scrambles—were against Chinese military aircraft, while 237 scrambles were against the Russian military.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 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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So Cordero set out to make a video game about it from the perspective of a child in Quito, Ecuador’s mountainous capital.—
Lewis Gordon,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Rival Wingstop and Raising Cane’s have overtaken KFC’s U.S. sales, pushing the Yum chain down to the fifth-largest domestic chicken chain, according to Circana’s 2025 ranking of U.S. restaurants by sales.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
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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Shemar Stewart has a bigger wingspan than LeBron James, holds a school deadlift record at Texas A&M, posted a 40 inch vertical and ran a 4.59 40-yard dash.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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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Before the events of the film, twins Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) fought in the trenches of World War I before setting off to Chicago and became prohibition gangsters working for Al Capone.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
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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In a hurry, Mr. Trump is now considering firing Mr. Powell.—
Laurent Belsie,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 Apr. 2025
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But that money ran out in a hurry, state records show, with the majority of it, 67%, going to ranchers whose wolves were killed by the Whaleback pack.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Part of this different tweak reflects longer life expectancies, which puts more pressure on an investment portfolio to deliver sound results over time.—
Russ Wiles,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Bank of England’s latest industry survey puts data protection, model explainability and talent shortages at the top of banks’ AI pain points, a hierarchy that neatly mirrors the MAS findings.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Beeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beeline. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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