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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
The bogey on the 11th hole was his only blemish on the day.
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
Hull's performance included seven birdies and a bogey.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
After making par on every hole on the front nine, sans a bogey on No. 4, Korda made four birdies on the back nine but three bogeys largely cancelled them out.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Core inflation was a bit higher at 2.5%, but both numbers plunged from their first-quarter levels and neared the Fed's 2% bogey.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 July 2025
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
Hull's performance included seven birdies and a bogey.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
After making par on every hole on the front nine, sans a bogey on No. 4, Korda made four birdies on the back nine but three bogeys largely cancelled them out.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Core inflation was a bit higher at 2.5%, but both numbers plunged from their first-quarter levels and neared the Fed's 2% bogey.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogey
Noun
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That feeling of dread is really only a response to our dread as to what humans are capable of.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Aug. 2025
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Right now, a legislator, even Anwar, spending time in prison adds to the whispers of dread circulating around Hartford.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Bok-i, the dog ghost, was the only guardian spirit.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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While there are plenty of museums and historic attractions to visit, the city also offers theme parks like Busch Gardens, ghost tours and several art museums. 8.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Citizens are trained to report anyone who might be an enemy of the regime, including family members.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Our theme this year was the enemy within for the writers’ room.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But the popular haunt suffered its first major loss just three years later when Boyer died at age 40 on April 28, 2021.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
12 Aug. 2025
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Keep heading east to find the lively downtown, which is filled with restaurants specializing in cuisines from Creole to Italian plus haunts like Wine Society and the breweries Brighter Days and Two Frogs.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
2 July 2025
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Well, look no further than demon of crowdwork Matt Rife, who has become the legal guardian of Ed and Lorraine Warren’s home.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
4 Aug. 2025
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The powerful entity attacked Naruto’s home, the Hidden Tree Village, before his birth, and the boy’s father used his newborn son as a vessel to trap the demon.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Sitting sedately behind his host’s desk instead of standing up and jigging, Colbert informed the viewers about his guest, Senator Adam Schiff—another bugaboo to Trump—then quickly transitioned to telling the bad news.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Considering the convergence of current cultural bugaboos on deck here—race, class, cancel culture, immigration—The Uproar mostly wears its topicality lightly, preferring the granular pull of human drama to editorial hectoring or lectures.—
Book Marks
June 26,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Noun
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But the angel who answered the 83-year-old Century Village resident’s prayers was not her sister, Tooter said.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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The reveal of Eli’s angel investor opens the door for Hank to … well, fix everything with a good speech.—
Genevieve Koski,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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The plague of injuries hadn’t lifted either, last year’s No. 2 pick Cameron Brink was still recovering from a torn ACL and speedy spark plug Rae Burrell was injured just seconds into the season.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
8 Aug. 2025
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Those individuals, then, via cough or direct contact, can spread plague person-to-person, and that’s called primary pneumonic plague.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
15 July 2025
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“Bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogey. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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