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also bogie
or bogy
1
as in dread
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason
math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students
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2
as in ghost
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
the child believed bogeys lived in the closet
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Recent Examples of bogey
Eight years ago, from the same spot, Brooks Koepka elected to chip across the green into a front bunker, essentially ceding a bogey instead of risking a double, triple or worse.
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Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Yan birdied the par-5 18th to cap her second straight bogey-free round at Blythefield Country Club.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
Among those another shot back was Jon Rahm, who missed two good chances Friday morning but still managed a 68 without a bogey on his card.
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Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
The revenue bogey is 50% more than the top sales-maker, Amazon, posted in the past four quarters.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
Yan birdied the par-5 18th to cap her second straight bogey-free round at Blythefield Country Club.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
Among those another shot back was Jon Rahm, who missed two good chances Friday morning but still managed a 68 without a bogey on his card.
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Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
The revenue bogey is 50% more than the top sales-maker, Amazon, posted in the past four quarters.
—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogey
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Only rush-hour traffic and $20 tacos inspire the same level of dread.
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The long and painful rehab would have interfered with his writing; the dread of leaving behind an incomplete manuscript outweighed the benefit of a few extra months.
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There are legends of ghost sightings and spooky happenings on the dirt road, like the woman who reportedly wanders it in the dark, crying out for her children.
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The ghosts of 1982 Austrian coach Ralf Rangnick was asked multiple times at a news conference Friday outside of Arrowhead Stadium about that shocking game at the 1982 World Cup.
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In the end, reverence for the likes of Genghis Khan, Hitler, and Attila the Hun mistakes fear for respect, destruction for disruption, and raw terror for true greatness.
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Set five years after the Ghostbusters took the Statue of Liberty for a walk, young, scrappy New Yorkers face a new wave of supernatural terror hitting the Big Apple.
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Reports of strange sounds, apparitions, and unexplained encounters continue to attract visitors.
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Why then, when discussing body image after weight changes, is our culture reaching for the language of vexing apparitions and death?
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This thing of like trying to paint a certain type or color or class of people as the enemy and the great bugaboo in America?
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If there’s any big bugaboo in his profile, he can be beaten by higher-end velocity, but his ability to adjust to secondary offerings keeps him afloat.
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The loss threatened the summer learning session, but on Sunday, the community stepped up at an impromptu fundraiser that raised spirits and funds.
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Of course, there are other categories to consider, like rye, wheat, and malt whiskey, but none of them are nearly as popular as America’s native spirit.
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Republican legislators, taking their lead from a president who sees half the nation as his personal enemy, have put their own party’s interests over the republic’s.
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Unluckily, Alys, freshly alienated by Daemon, arrives just in time to nurse the enemy of her enemy back to health.
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That’s the £312 million phantom.
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.
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“Bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogey. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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