bull pen

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Recent Examples of bull pen The Rockies need to sign a workmanlike starter to a one-year deal, just for the sake of some stability and to save the bullpen. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2025 After being hampered by injuries late in his time with the Royals, Keller is healthy and happy to be part of Chicago’s bullpen. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025 Blake Treinen – The hard-throwing reliever spent parts of three seasons in the A’s bullpen, collecting 67 of his 82 career saves and representing Oakland at the 2018 All-Star Game. Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2025 Despite obsessing over matchups all season, the Tigers entered this series with only two lefties in their bullpen and other important relievers stuck in the option cycle. Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bull pen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull pen
Noun
  • The addition, intended for anyone age 10 and older, is a fish tank filter that can be attached to a tropical aquarium.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile the cast learned to free dive in a massive, state-of-the-art 680,000-gallon water tank.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The co-axial construction means the hands literally pass beneath the tourbillon cage, creating another cool effect on the wrist.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
  • So there's no cage limit, there's no barriers.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The cells convert natural gas, hydrogen, or biogas into electricity through a clean electro-chemical process rather than dirty combustion.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The potential solution presented by UCSD School of Medicine researchers is an anti-αvβ3 antibody that triggers macrophages, a type of immune cell already found in large quantities in advanced tumors.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some models had caps on the ends for smaller things like pens.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Sharpie also had to shift its supply lines to support making the new pens, but the company did not disclose the size of the necessary investments.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Starting in the 1880s, the city and county each built a series of increasingly spacious jails—and then proceeded to fill them well above capacity each winter.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Grayson has been held in the Macon County jail ahead of his trial.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Portlaoise Prison, which is in the center of Ireland, is a nineteenth-century penitentiary built like a fortress—a one-star establishment, at best.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • If found guilty of a level 5 felony, Sanchez could be imprisoned anywhere from one to six years at an Indiana penitentiary and fined up to $10,000, according to the Indiana Code.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And the scent when staff at Tuttle Orchards in Greenfield pack nearly a million apples into a cooler is not only nostalgic, but immediately mouthwatering.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The air temperature in the main walk-in cooler measured 52 degrees, which is a problem when the cooler is supposed to keep food at or below 41 degrees.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The other defendant was handed 10 years in prison for spying on behalf of France, five years in prison on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime against national security, and 17 years of imprisonment for assisting Israeli intelligence services.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Co-directed by filmmaker Toia Bonino and incarcerated Marcos Joubert, Do or Die is a rare, intimate portrait of prison life and a meditation on cinema itself—filmed entirely on a phone behind bars.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Bull pen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pen. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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