as in whims
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
she got a sudden bee to quit her job and move to South Carolina
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Recent Examples of bees
New experiments seemed to show that bees simply responded to stimuli like odor or smoke, Munz explains.
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Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
Neither can throw, and Colelman, who is eager and combative, handles outside curveballs like a man fighting bees.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
But eventually the feeders were swarmed by what appeared to be thousands of bees.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
When [ecologist Lars] Chittka gave bumblebees an extra jolt of sucrose, their favorite food, the bees buzzed with delight.
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Evening light spills across the pollinator gardens—alive with bees, hummingbirds, and the occasional wandering chicken—before dissolving into the shimmer of the Mackinac Bridge.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Like wasps and bees, ants are social and live in a colony with one or more queens.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Asters are also an excellent cutting flower and they’re often visited by bees and other pollinators late in the season when other food sources are scarce.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
While this issue is rare, people who are allergic to bees as wasps are more likely to fall into this category and may want to receive intravenous Keytruda, Msaouel advises.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
Neither can throw, and Colelman, who is eager and combative, handles outside curveballs like a man fighting bees.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
But eventually the feeders were swarmed by what appeared to be thousands of bees.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
When [ecologist Lars] Chittka gave bumblebees an extra jolt of sucrose, their favorite food, the bees buzzed with delight.
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Evening light spills across the pollinator gardens—alive with bees, hummingbirds, and the occasional wandering chicken—before dissolving into the shimmer of the Mackinac Bridge.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Like wasps and bees, ants are social and live in a colony with one or more queens.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
Asters are also an excellent cutting flower and they’re often visited by bees and other pollinators late in the season when other food sources are scarce.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
While this issue is rare, people who are allergic to bees as wasps are more likely to fall into this category and may want to receive intravenous Keytruda, Msaouel advises.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bees
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Rather than spending millions in a relentless quest to solve the problems wrought by Coors Field, the Rockies appear to have capitulated to its whims.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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One Battle also exemplifies where Hall’s career has taken her, which is to say across genres, moods, and Hollywood whims.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Despite some promising high-concept notions such as an intergalactic federation, mystic beings, parasitic species, a sentient interstellar craft, and Slipstream FTL quantum mechanics, seemingly inevitable creative differences arose as the show progressed.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The department’s content warnings include mild romantic situations and notions of matchmaking, gentle social satire, occasional passive-aggressive dialogue and very mild suggestive themes (but nothing explicit).—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
1 Oct. 2025
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Those settlers managed to make an underground river with murderous maggots on unstable terrain into a tourist attraction in record time.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Also look for screwworm larvae (maggots) and eggs in or around body openings, such as the nose, ears, and genitalia, or the navel of newborn animals.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Bees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bees. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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