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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
Missing the fairway can lead to some interesting lies and a bogey or worse.
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Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 21 Feb. 2026
But a bogey on the par-3 17th — his tee shot was dangerously close to the ocean left of the green — and Lee finishing birdie-birdie for a 65, created another tie.
—CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Scheffler’s line: three birdies, three bogeys, and one putter flip in disgust after missing a birdie and settling for a tap-in par on 15th.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2026
Rose steadied himself with a birdie at the 619-yard, par-5 13th hole, then balanced a bogey at 16 with a birdie at 18.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
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Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 21 Feb. 2026
But a bogey on the par-3 17th — his tee shot was dangerously close to the ocean left of the green — and Lee finishing birdie-birdie for a 65, created another tie.
—CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Scheffler’s line: three birdies, three bogeys, and one putter flip in disgust after missing a birdie and settling for a tap-in par on 15th.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2026
Rose steadied himself with a birdie at the 619-yard, par-5 13th hole, then balanced a bogey at 16 with a birdie at 18.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogey
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Stetson also gathered a lot of woodwinds, particularly clarinets, as a counterpoint to the trees and as a voice for the icy, violent dread that hangs over the Harkin-Cunningham nuptials.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2026
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But there is a more general dread about human vulnerability to technology—a growing existential fear that people are losing the authorship and agency of their own lives to, particularly, artificial intelligence—that will be reflected in an avalanche of related negligent-design legal claims.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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With ghost runner Jake Cronenworth perched on third with one out, Colorado intentionally walked Jackson Merrill and Manny Machado to load the bases, hoping to get a double play and send the game into the 13th inning.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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Always fact check those ghosts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, with the country living in terror under Homelander’s reign, Kripke previously noted that the real-world political parallels in Season 5 are coincidental, as the concluding episodes were written before the 2024 election.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
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Many experts say long-term regional security depends on Lebanon’s government and army disarming the terror group.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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But he’s journeyed to Lourdes and Our Lady of Guadalupe, both of which the Vatican has officially recognized as supernatural Marian apparitions.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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When 59% of California voters have a concern about the cost of providing public benefits to an unlimited number of people residing in the country unlawfully, that’s an apparition that will roam the earth.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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Five batters into Sunday’s game and the home run bugaboo that plagued Imanaga last season delivered a sense of déjà vu to the 33,559 fans in attendance at Wrigley Field.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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But defense remains a big bugaboo, especially around the rim.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
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On the water, the 55-year-old mother seems to come alive, her adventurous spirit radiating outward, lighting her from the inside out.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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Shouldn’t in-season improvement be well within the spirit of the Most Improved Player award?—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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The troop carrier planes became bogged down in the soil and had to be destroyed by the US to avoid them falling into enemy hands, while new planes were flown in.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
11 Apr. 2026
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Those who relish killing people not only create more enemies but forget that it has been promised that fire would lead to Armageddon.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, was filmed at 250 meters below the surface.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogey. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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