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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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Grappling Looks Familiar But Isn't Grappling is still likely to be the biggest bugaboo for most users.
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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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Thank you for a plethora of news on June 17 that didn’t crush our spirits.
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The appearance represented one of the highest-profile bookings in the festival’s history and fulfilled organizers’ goal of bringing an artist whose work aligned with the spirit of Juneteenth.
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Corlys and Lohar find each other in the scrum and both land powerful blows before Corlys is thrown into the sea, leaving Alyn of Hull to finish off his father’s enemy.
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After hours of fighting in the close urban setting, Dockery used smoke grenades to signal enemy positions for American gunships.
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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 27 Jun. 2026.
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