beelined

verb

past tense of beeline
1
as in set out

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2
as in overtook

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beelined
  1. set out
  2. overtook
  3. set off
  4. sprinted
  5. pointed
  6. outran
  7. lit
  8. outpaced
Verb
  • At 80, Smyrna resident Kay Braswell is still lacing up her hiking boots and setting out on adventures around the world.
    — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • However, the enterprises that move fastest and with the most agility in the long run are those setting out to close the governance gap now, rather than after an incident exposes it.
    — Imran Aftab, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of set out
Verb
  • As the novel coronavirus overtook daily life, in the spring of 2020, our celebrities occupied uneasy terrain.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Graham Platner—who was running competitively in polls against Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine, before scandals overtook him—preceded El-Sayed as the movement’s cause célèbre.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of overtook
Verb
  • The romantic gesture set off a trend and from around 1790 to 1830, miniature artists began to house these tiny eyes in jewels as precious keepsakes.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The change set off a free-for-all this time around, as a dozen states bid for the chance to vote first.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of set off
Verb
  • Fatal Influence sprinted out to a lead by isolating their opponents and thrashing them on the outside.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Lorena Wiebes again sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Women’s Tour de France on Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of sprinted
Verb
  • According to the complaint, the man had his camera pointed at a child at one point.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • It feels pointed at this point.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of pointed
Verb
  • Worthy outran Kader Kohou for a score that got a rise from the fans in attendance.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • In the $200,000 San Clemente Handicap 35-1 longshot Somerset West (Armando Ayuso) outran nine other 3-year-old fillies, including three formidable challengers who shipped in from the east.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of outran
Verb
  • Harbaugh lit one more friendly fire under his team at the end of Thursday’s jog-through practice.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Plan Commission report said while, due to the nature of the development, the gas station would be brightly lit, the convenience store building and a heavily landscaped area to the west would block the impact of light for neighbors.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of lit
Verb
  • Lauren McCormick, a spokeswoman for the travel insurance company Squaremouth, said interest in hot-weather destinations for this summer has outpaced demand for cool-weather getaways.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • From Blanket Giving To Precision Philanthropy By early 2026, that growth had quietly outpaced the model's design.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of outpaced
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