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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
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
Playing with Tom Kim and Alex Fitzpatrick, James paired two birdies with two bogeys and a double bogey for his 2-over round.
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From Staff Reports,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
Four bogeys and a double bogey, to go with four birdies for a two over 72.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 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
Thursday’s round followed a similar pattern for Lee, who was 2 under after his front nine before two bogeys on the back nine dropped him to even par for the day.
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Matt Wagner,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
Playing with Tom Kim and Alex Fitzpatrick, James paired two birdies with two bogeys and a double bogey for his 2-over round.
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From Staff Reports,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
Four bogeys and a double bogey, to go with four birdies for a two over 72.
—
Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 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.
—
CBS News,
7 June 2026
Thursday’s round followed a similar pattern for Lee, who was 2 under after his front nine before two bogeys on the back nine dropped him to even par for the day.
—
Matt Wagner,
Daily News,
29 May 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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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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As for cosmic weather this week, the planets align on June 28, igniting our adventurous spirits and libidos, eager to live life in the moment and sojourn onward!
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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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Your book deals with a piece of legislation called the Rumford Act that would tear down the city’s racist racial housing covenants in 1963, but the act in ’62 had enemies in high places, namely Mayor Sam Yorty and his power base.
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But even as the years-long war between the two countries drags on, the bitter enemies engaged in a prisoner swap, according to the AP, which reported that officials said 160 individuals from each side were going home on Friday.
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However long and tangled her rap sheet, Sugar sees her illuminatory potential through the grime and shadows of an unforgiving film-noir cityscape.
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The 2027 total solar eclipse is part of a family of moon shadows called Saros 136, which produces very long-duration totalities.
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“Bogeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogeys. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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