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Recent Examples of bull pen
The Marlins plan to seek a bit of bullpen help in free agency, with an eye on adding one high-leverage reliever who can pitch in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
At the trade deadline, Cashman plugged big holes at third base, the bench and in the bullpen by obtaining Ryan McMahon, Jose Caballero, Amed Rosario, David Bednar and Camilo Doval.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Mears had an unimpressive 5.01 ERA for Colorado over ’23 and ’24, but morphed into a key bullpen arm for Milwaukee this season after the Brewers got him in a ’24 deadline deal for pitchers Yujanyer Herrera and Bradley Blalock.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
Philadelphia just needed to use its depth in the bullpen to keep Los Angeles at bay and live to play at least one more game.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
At the trade deadline, Cashman plugged big holes at third base, the bench and in the bullpen by obtaining Ryan McMahon, Jose Caballero, Amed Rosario, David Bednar and Camilo Doval.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Mears had an unimpressive 5.01 ERA for Colorado over ’23 and ’24, but morphed into a key bullpen arm for Milwaukee this season after the Brewers got him in a ’24 deadline deal for pitchers Yujanyer Herrera and Bradley Blalock.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
Philadelphia just needed to use its depth in the bullpen to keep Los Angeles at bay and live to play at least one more game.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull pen
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Highlights include a selection of von Furstenberg’s iconic ‘70s printed wrap dresses, easy slips, like the early 2000s red and black Rose dress or 2016 gold tank dress, colorful skirts, vintage jackets and more.—
Emily Mercer,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Art-Net nodes cost less than a tank of gas.—
Bob Bonniol,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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This thinking also came out in the cage match between Jordan and Marie, which was positioned as punishment for Jordan speaking out during the rally.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Having lived her life in a cage, Beverly initially struggled to walk far—managing only a few steps before sitting down.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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According to the researchers, the cell architecture is also compatible with existing lithium-ion battery production lines, thus allowing faster adoption by industry.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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O'Riordan explained that this is because lobular cancer, with its sheet-like cell growth, can blanket and wrap around the lining of organs.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Starting out as a fact-checker, Wallace was eventually able to use his pen.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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Big Papi was courteous and gentlemanly, unlike Grabby, who snatched at pens, glasses, hair—whatever was in sight.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Moore said that while any and all legal options will be considered, the group's main focus will be on advocacy for pretrial services and other programming that can keep people out of jail.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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The amendment would reallocate $570,965 from the capital budget for camera replacements at the Criminal Justice Facility, which houses the county jail.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, his crooked sidekick, Robertson, BOP # 21731-509, is locked up in another good-time penitentiary in Beckley, WV.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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The second method, orbital cloud data centers, would see satellite constellations fitted with servers, broadband links, solar panels, and radiative coolers.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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For Jonathan Andrade, this looks like showing up to his run club with a cooler of Wynk hemp seltzers.—
Kate Bernot,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sylvester Stallone has an unexpected pick for which of his films shouldn't be sentenced to cryo-prison.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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He was sentenced to life in prison without parole that July, per the Detroit Free Press.—
Kelsey Lentz,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Bull pen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pen. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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