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also bogies
1
as in dreads
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 spirits
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 bogeys
The 28-year-old from Norway, seeking his eighth PGA Tour win, made three more bogeys, and three birdies, to sit two strokes behind Scheffler when play was stopped.
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Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
As the final pair traded birdies and bogeys — and waited out a rain delay — Scheffler gained momentum and then capitalized with an eight-and-a-half-foot putt to send the tournament to a playoff.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
When play began, Ryu stumbled with three bogeys in her first five holes.
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Hugh Kellenberger,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
The majority of fans on the Long Island, New York property appeared to be pulling against the Colorado native with countless shouts for his golf ball to find bunkers and minor roars after each of his five bogeys during the final round.
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Mark Harris,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Scheffler, who fell nine shots behind with a pair of bogeys at the start, shot 32 on the back nine by chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th for the start of three straight birdies.
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Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
When Kim and Lopez fell back with bogeys, Korda added to her string of nine consecutive pars.
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Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
While Kim and Lopez fell back with bogeys, Korda added to a string of nine consecutive pars.
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ABC News,
7 June 2026
When Kim and Lopez fell back with bogeys, Korda added to her string of nine consecutive pars.
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CBS News,
7 June 2026
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
As the final pair traded birdies and bogeys — and waited out a rain delay — Scheffler gained momentum and then capitalized with an eight-and-a-half-foot putt to send the tournament to a playoff.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
When play began, Ryu stumbled with three bogeys in her first five holes.
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Hugh Kellenberger,
New York Times,
28 June 2026
The majority of fans on the Long Island, New York property appeared to be pulling against the Colorado native with countless shouts for his golf ball to find bunkers and minor roars after each of his five bogeys during the final round.
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Mark Harris,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Scheffler, who fell nine shots behind with a pair of bogeys at the start, shot 32 on the back nine by chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th for the start of three straight birdies.
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Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
When Kim and Lopez fell back with bogeys, Korda added to her string of nine consecutive pars.
—
Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
While Kim and Lopez fell back with bogeys, Korda added to a string of nine consecutive pars.
—
ABC News,
7 June 2026
When Kim and Lopez fell back with bogeys, Korda added to her string of nine consecutive pars.
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CBS News,
7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogeys
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He's described by officials as a Black male in his late teens with a medium-large build and thick dreads.
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Mirror images except for the fact that Jelani has his hair in dreads, while Ari goes with the more retro-look afro.
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Koval Distillery, Chicago’s first legal post-Prohibition distillery, produces spirits as artful as its bottle designs and Vin312 Winery has grown from its owner’s garage into a full-fledged tasting room.
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The release continues Tamworth’s tradition of creating spirits inspired by the natural world around its rural New Hampshire home.
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The year since has been one of night-terrors and grief for the families who lost loved ones.
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Coming later this year, Bass X Macina is set in a lawless Steampunk West overrun by brutal outlaws, machines and supernatural terrors, while Sparks of Tomorrow follows how technological progress evolved along a different path shaped by steam power blankets Kyoto in smoke.
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Today, the massive complex attracts paranormal investigators who report apparitions, voices, and other unexplained phenomena.
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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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Best Supporting Actress One of Hickey’s bugaboos is the way the supporting races have often been gift-wrapped early, with co-leads like Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña and A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin sweeping to victory.
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Now, for one of their chief bugaboos — a primary culprit for the mediocre record through 32 games.
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Typically, ghosts show up in literature when something that has been repressed escapes and becomes everyone’s problem.
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This bed and breakfast is said to be haunted by more than a dozen spirits, including the ghosts of Civil War soldiers and a woman who once owned the early 1800s home.
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Later in the Hebrew Bible Lot is mentioned primarily in reference to his descendants, the Moabites and Ammonites, who are described as periodic enemies of the Israelites.
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So why is cryptocurrency now getting a pass to work with American enemies?
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Dark figures were darting through the shadows—Germans were carrying sacks and pillows to their building.
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Reflections, shadows and motion blur can all reduce detection confidence.
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“Bogeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogeys. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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