bull pens

plural of bull pen

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Boomers stayed in the workforce longer than expected, retired later, and held on to big houses as starter homes disappeared beneath them.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots.
    Richard Dahlberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode.
    Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • But faced with the quantity and quality of Soviet tanks in the East, and British-American tanks in the West, the tank’s purpose became the achievement of total battlefield supremacy.
    Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Tom Cruise spends the movie running through New Jersey with two terrified kids while ash drifts through the streets and giant alien war machines scoop humans into dangling metal cages.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Guards pulled them out of their cages and beat them, leaving one with a bloody eye and another with a broken wrist, and pepper-spraying them indiscriminately, according to a filing by an attorney in the First Amendment case.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Rates of diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening complication that occurs when insulin levels are so low that cells can no longer convert glucose into energy, were three times that of the rest of Los Angeles County.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
  • Shouldn’t my hair, dead as its cells are, actually multiply over time, while the juicy living parts of my body fall out, with my death being the exact moment when nothing that’s alive about me is left?
    Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Fentanyl also can come in powder and vape pens.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • Students would have the opportunity to get a backpack with supplies like notebooks, crayons, highlighters, pens and pencils, along with other school supplies, depending on their grade level.
    Elle Meyers, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • At 15, Leon Schagrin was deported from occupied Poland to multiple ghettos and concentration camps.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
  • Concentration Camps, Hitler And The Allies One of the highlights of the exhibition are Miller’s war photographs, particularly those of the concentration camps and Hitler’s apartment.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • The living roaches were in groups of five by the cookline; two by the stove; two by the reach-in coolers and one behind the kitchen ice machine.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
  • For homes in dry climates, fans and evaporative coolers can improve comfort, regardless of temperature.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • Behind bars in state penitentiaries in Gatesville and Marlin, Mejia felt forgotten.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Bull pens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pens. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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