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Recent Examples of bull pen
Acuña barked at Gusto as both dugouts and bullpens emptied, players spilling onto the field.
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Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
On this night, the bullpen and the offense both ensured Verlander left Oracle Park with a win in hand.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
Just two bullpens awoke Saturday with more innings pitched than the 64 1/3 frames Astros relievers have thrown in that time frame.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
The 26-year-old right-hander threw five shutout innings on Saturday before the Chihuahuas’ bullpen crumbled late in a 5-4 loss in 11 innings in Sacramento.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
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Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
On this night, the bullpen and the offense both ensured Verlander left Oracle Park with a win in hand.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
Just two bullpens awoke Saturday with more innings pitched than the 64 1/3 frames Astros relievers have thrown in that time frame.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
The 26-year-old right-hander threw five shutout innings on Saturday before the Chihuahuas’ bullpen crumbled late in a 5-4 loss in 11 innings in Sacramento.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull pen
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The tank-like Gepard has a turret with a pair of 35mm automatic cannon firing almost 20 rounds a second, guided by the Gepard’s own radar.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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An environmental services worker in Sacramento, California died this week after passing out inside a tank at a Costco store, according to local fire officials.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Equipment includes cages, outdoor runs, treadmills, and a microchipping kit.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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These materials will be used to build the powerful magnets that form a magnetic cage to confine plasma heated to temperatures exceeding 150 million degrees Celsius (302 million degrees Fahrenheit).—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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The medication works by destabilizing mast cells, or allergy cells, to decrease allergic inflammation, says Rauno Joks, MD, an allergist and immunologist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in Brooklyn, New York, who was not involved in the study.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Typical treatment uses an oxygen mask or hyperbaric chamber to overwhelm the body with oxygen, pushing the carbon monoxide molecules off the hemoglobin cells so that oxygen can attach instead.—
Sara Novak,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
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Even a humble vape pen could serve a website until too many curious visitors try to connect.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Is Amazon adding a pen to the Colorsoft, or a color version of the Scribe?—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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North Little Rock police officer Tommy Norman, whose social media presence attracted millions of followers before his Saturday arrest on a domestic battery count, was released from jail Monday morning after posting a $350 bond, court records showed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Sep. 2025
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Tahoe is obviously getting more aggressive with icon-shape enforcement, up to and including automatically manipulating them and sentencing them to icon jail.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Arcángela and Serafina remain in the women’s penitentiary, continuing to operate illicit businesses and accumulating wealth, but without hope of freedom.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Prisoners look out of their cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The summer of 2025 was the first when coolcation went big, with holidays spent in cooler rather than warmer places.—
Mattias Goldmann,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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That’s where energy-efficient plug-in coolers and warmers come in.—
Melanie Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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My dad would always play documentaries about prison life and stuff that would come on Discovery ID or, every now and then, even national news segments.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Through the deal, prosecutors dropped the two murder charges — and shipped Henry, 26, off to prison for 10 years — in exchange for his plea.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Bull pen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pen. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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