bull pen

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Recent Examples of bull pen At times, Devin Williams and Luke Weaver have looked like a dominant duo at the backend of the bullpen. Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025 Adam is tied for the MLB lead with 46 appearances, has a sparkling 1.74 ERA and was a bit of a surprise selection on Sunday if the Padres were only going to get one reliever from baseball’s second-best bullpen (3.28 ERA) into the All-Star Game. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025 Tyler Phillips worked two scoreless innings out of Miami’s bullpen. Miami Herald, 11 July 2025 Detmers would need two to three weeks to build up enough endurance to throw four or five innings, and the left-hander has become such a valuable reliever, with a 22-inning scoreless streak that was snapped Wednesday night, that his loss would leave a gaping hole in the bullpen. Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for bull pen
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Noun
  • To fill a 15-gallon tank, that works out to be about $47.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 21 July 2025
  • As the convoy approached, the surrounding crowd came under fire from Israeli tanks, snipers and other gunfire, WFP said.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Multiple animals were also found in cages inside the home, malnourished and living in their own feces, police said.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
  • No human being should be kept in a steaming hot cage with countless other inmates while deprived of proper sanitation and medical care.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • The other plant co-operated with General Motors in Warren, Ohio, will continue producing cells with nickel cobalt manganese aluminum chemistry, LG Energy Solution said.
    Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
  • Acids are a form of a chemical exfoliant to remove dead skin cells, smooth texture, unclog pores, and fade hyperpigmentation.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The 39th Firefly Art Fair will feature both new and returning artists showing paintings, pottery, ceramics, glass, basketry, jewelry, fiber art, mosaics, photography, pen and ink drawings, metal work and wood.
    Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
  • Liam Lawson of New Zealand and Visa Cash App RB speaks of delight in the media pen during the F1 Grand Prix of Austria at Red Bull Ring on June 29, 2025 in Spielberg, Austria....
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • In an interview with NBC News, Noem pushed back on criticisms of the site’s conditions, insisting the facility exceeds federal standards and disputing characterizations of it as a jail.
    Yezen Saadah, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Here’s hoping the real-life couple’s big day went more smoothly than Elizabeth and Henry’s Season 5 vow renewal, which took place at an Arizona jail after she was arrested for speaking out against draconian family separation policies at the United States border.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • But local officials and historians have questioned the practical and symbolic implications of converting the island back into a penitentiary.
    Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
  • Her various occupations, paid and unpaid, included teaching convicts at an area penitentiary and substitute-teaching in junior high.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Be sure to store hummus in your beach cooler to keep it fresh and protected from the sun.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 23 July 2025
  • There were also over 20 pieces of rodent regularity in the kitchen behind the reach-in cooler; over 20 at the server station; over 20 in the equipment storage room; and five on the lower shelves of the server station.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Based on true events, the Gorgona Island prison, 34 miles off the Pacific coast, was once one of the most brutal of tropical penitentiary for murderers, rapists and political prisoners, notorious for its use of torture.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 July 2025
  • The perspective of the newspapers is also critical because most information about incarceration comes from law enforcement personnel and prison data, which tend to frame prison populations as a singular unit and focus on data instead of people.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2025

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“Bull pen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pen. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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