beelined

past tense of beeline

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beelined
Verb
  • Inspired by his strength, Brooke decided to skateboard across America in his honor A few years ago, Brooke Johnson set out on a personal adventure: skateboarding from Los Angeles to Mexico.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • On trash pickup days, cans should be set out the morning of, not the night before, officials said.
    Helena Wegner, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Although the dollar overtook the British pound sterling in the mid-1920s as the currency of choice in global foreign exchange reserves, its stature as the world’s reserve currency was secured only at the Bretton Woods conference toward the end of World War II.
    Edward Fishman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This comes just a few days after Derrick White overtook Isaiah Thomas for the most individual threes in a season in Celtics’ franchise history.
    Shane Young, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • According to Meeks, seven people started the day with a religious mass around 5:30 a.m. before setting off for a hike in Royal Gorge.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 25 June 2025
  • Santos Neto thrived in his band from 1977 to 1992 before setting off to hone his own, similarly expansive, body of tunes.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Yet that change paid instant dividends as the Türkiye international sprinted into space down the right, latching onto a through ball from Samuel Mbangula and driving the ball into the top corner.
    Adam Digby, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Jones sprinted to the middle of the field, bouncing up and down, excitedly pumping his right fist.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Haliburton put no weight on the leg and had his face wrapped in towels as he was taken to the Pacers’ locker room for evaluation.
    Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Schools and online safety A new rule mandates that all public schools in the state must put anti-cyberbullying policies in place.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • They were abandoned in 1959 when outpaced by technology.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Firstly, customer expectations are escalating and have already outpaced the experiences offered by the sector.
    Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Puerto Rico continues to struggle with chronic power outages blamed on a crumbling power grid that was razed by Hurricane Maria, a powerful category 4 storm that struck the island in September 2017.
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But the photos in that email, from camera traps in the Andes mountains, struck him as different.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But a rebuild can be accelerated a lot with a special player like Haliburton.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The rebuild accelerated after Indiana traded then-two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, along with Justin Holiday and Jeremy Lamb to Sacramento for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson at the 2022 trade deadline.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Beelined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beelined. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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