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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull pen
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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
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To fill a 15-gallon tank, that works out to be about $47.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
21 July 2025
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Regardless, two Kerri balls and one Mistress ball were placed in the sacred Drag Race Bingo cage, but whose name did Bruno pull out?—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
11 July 2025
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But in the 43 games he’s missed since suffering a severe quad injury on May 23, he’s been just as impactful from the sidelines, picking up on pitcher cues from the dugout, chatting before and even during at-bats with his teammates, in hitters meetings and in individual instruction in the cage.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Bone marrow aspiration: This procedure removes a small amount of liquid bone marrow for examination of the bone marrow cells.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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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
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Other small but apt touches include a Polaroid camera, a Clueless board game, and fuzzy pens, layered.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
10 July 2025
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In a home office, stock pens, scissors, and notepads for easy accessibility during work.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
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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
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As reported in 5280, Richard served 30 days in jail and 60 nights of work release.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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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
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At the beloved attraction in San Francisco Bay, visitors could scarcely believe Trump had suggested turning Alcatraz back into a penitentiary.—
Heather Knight,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Photograph: Amazon LifeStraw Personal Water Filter $17 $10 (41% off) Amazon Camping water, and outdoor water, is often gross water—sitting too long in the cooler with pine needles for some reason, running free in the outdoors but maybe unsafe, or pulled from spigots of unknown plumbing.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
12 July 2025
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You’re already loaded down with beach bags, umbrellas, coolers, sand toys, and more—and hauling all of that across the sand is notoriously difficult.—
Melanie Fincher,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
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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
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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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