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to leave a place often for another
I'm running late, so I've got to book
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Recent Examples of booked
McKee was booked at the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office in Illinois just before noon on Saturday, records show, and is charged with two counts of murder in Ohio.
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Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The three suspects were booked into juvenile hall for assault with a firearm, participating in a criminal street gang, gang enhancement and unlawful assembly for the purpose of committing a violent act.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
He was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail with no bond.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Robert Delano Bone, 69, of the 400 block of Shorewood Court and a resident of the group home, was booked into the Porter County Jail Friday afternoon, according to online jail records.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
He was booked into the Clay County jail before dawn Saturday, jail records show.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Sony Pictures Classics and Walden Media’s WWII drama Nuremberg, booked at 1,700 theaters this weekend, started off with $210K last night in previews.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
The trip can be booked on Outdoor's website.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
Cowens was booked early Friday into the Sacramento County Main Jail, where she was being held without bail.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The three suspects were booked into juvenile hall for assault with a firearm, participating in a criminal street gang, gang enhancement and unlawful assembly for the purpose of committing a violent act.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
He was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail with no bond.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Robert Delano Bone, 69, of the 400 block of Shorewood Court and a resident of the group home, was booked into the Porter County Jail Friday afternoon, according to online jail records.
—Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
He was booked into the Clay County jail before dawn Saturday, jail records show.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Sony Pictures Classics and Walden Media’s WWII drama Nuremberg, booked at 1,700 theaters this weekend, started off with $210K last night in previews.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
The trip can be booked on Outdoor's website.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
Cowens was booked early Friday into the Sacramento County Main Jail, where she was being held without bail.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booked
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That gives the car a one-to-one power-to-weight ratio, a figure usually reserved for modern hypercars.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors will have the chance to question Hale again, and defense attorneys reserved the right to ask for the testimony to ultimately be excluded.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
7 Jan. 2026
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In an interview with KSL in May 2025, Sha compared learning Braille to learning English when his family moved from Myanmar to the United States.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Engineers carried out multiple trajectory adjustments as the spacecraft moved farther from Earth.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Keilty, who has been preaching defense since the moment he was hired over the offseason, orchestrated a masterful plan to prevent Masco from getting second-chance scoring opportunities, or, for that matter, open looks.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Georgia native was hired by the Lions in 2021 as the outside linebackers coach.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Kinnear exited Talk Soup for his own late-night talk show, NBC's Later with Greg Kinnear.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Reuters reported that talks began late last year after Banijay, which is listed in Amsterdam, exited the chase for ITV Studios, the production arm of UK broadcaster ITV.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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Once the clock struck zero and quarterback Jordan Love’s final prayer fell unanswered in the end zone, Policy swiftly departed without much expression.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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Now, New England is once again atop the AFC East, their first division victory since Tom Brady departed Boston.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Danila Yurov scored for Minnesota in the second period, as the Wild went without a regulation win on their three-game homestand, and are now 1-3-2 in their last half-dozen.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
16 Jan. 2026
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Boston got points on two of its first three possessions of the game — a pair of rare two-point makes by Hauser, who takes 90% of his shots from 3-point range — then went cold for nearly five straight minutes.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Los Angeles Police Department could not immediately provide details of his arrest, but NBC4 reported that Sutherland allegedly got into an altercation with a ride-hailing driver, and was booked on suspicion of criminal threats.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The whole experience somehow got even more embarrassing when a group of women at the restaurant approached him afterwards.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Deutsche Bank had bailed on an agreement to fund Paramount’s movies, and the studio needed cash.—
Reeves Wiedeman,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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The other three individuals, whom police only identified as two men and a woman, have been bailed.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
28 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Booked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booked. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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