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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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Button it up with trousers for a put-together office look, leave it open over a tank and jeans for travel days, or toss it over your shoulders as a layering piece at dinner.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Sep. 2025
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China's fourth-generation Type 100 tank makes its public debut during a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on September 3.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Determined to finish the swim without help from a shark cage, Diana embarks on a four-year journey alongside her best friend and coach (Jodie Foster) and a supportive sailing crew.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Cannonier's game plan was a good one, but his approach of using leg kicks to slow his opponent and pick up control time against the cage didn't work.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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These rooms include the trash compactor, Princess Leia’s prison cell and the tractor beam control room from A New Hope, and Emperor Palpatine’s throne room as seen in Return of the Jedi.—
Daniel S. Levine,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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This scaffold contains microscopic channels filled with spinal neural progenitor cells, or sNPCs.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Wegovy injection pens arranged in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025.—
Karen Gilchrist,Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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But does Detroit have enough in the ‘pen to win in a five- or seven-game series?—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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He is being held on $2 million bail, online jail records show.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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He was eventually sentenced to six years in jail for defrauding investors.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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At Parchman, the state’s troubled penitentiary, corrections workers were urging their colleagues to sign up.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Aug. 2025
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Also, as part of the launch is a custom cooler that incorporate Jacquemus’s sculptural eye into purposeful design.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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As in all the Burmese shops on Lincoln, giant coolers of fish and meat are a fixture.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
3 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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