bull session

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Recent Examples of bull session And though their scenes together are way too brief, the Older and Younger Elliott bull sessions give the movie both a spiky-humor rush and a sense of genuine grounding. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024 The newspaper’s staff won the Pulitzer for breaking news for a series of stories on a secret audio recording that exposed Los Angeles City Council members scheming in a crass and racist bull session about political power in the city. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023 The entire movie is infused with a revolutionary, Year Zero spirit that becomes as exhausting as an undergraduate bull session. Kyle Smith, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022 This is a Tom Stoppardesque bull session. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022 But Mandel has the stylistic elegance and emotional sympathy to make this more than merely an undergraduate bull session. Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022 The calculations about what should be taught, or better yet what shouldn't be, sound like the workings of an all-night dormitory bull session. Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull session
Noun
  • The ambience of the chat rooms is like that of Hooters: visually indelicate but discursively family-friendly.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
  • There’s been sports talk, there’s been barber shops, chat rooms.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Oh, and there was that springtime visit with the Nebraska football program, which included a clinic with the players and a long, in-depth skull session with the coaching staff.
    Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
  • All of it – the jump in defensive rating from 18th last season to sixth; all those skull sessions with lead defensive assistant Jeff Bzdelik – was for nights like this.
    Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
Noun
  • Salam said after an emergency Cabinet meeting in early March that only the state should decide on matters of war and peace and called on security agencies to prevent the firing of missiles or drones from Lebanon and detain those behind the launch.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Ruperti, who arrived at the meeting with a security detail, is a Venezuelan Italian shipping magnate who trades in petroleum coke.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There will also be carnival rides and games, eating contests, cooking demonstrations, wine seminars, food booths selling Italian favorites, as well as The Moretti Beer Garden and the Spritz Del Conte Wine Garden.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The Disney Food & Wine Festival runs through April 27 at Disney California Adventure with local, celebrity and Disney chefs offering cooking tips during culinary demonstrations, tasting seminars and signature events.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The second section begins, not too long after, with the narrator having just participated in a memorial-slash-symposium in Madrid honoring Thomas’s life and influence.
    Hannah Gold, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • This year’s symposium laureate presentations were held March 11-12 at UC San Diego in La Jolla.
    La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The directors’ lab will support filmmakers preparing their first features, while the writers’ lab will offer workshops, table reads, peer mentorship and one-on-one consultations to help emerging screenwriters refine their scripts.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The process for patients to get approval to die involves submitting two requests in writing followed up by consultations with medical professionals not previously involved in the case.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Fourteen months after Crow-Armstrong and the Cubs started contract discussions, the sides agreed to a six-year, $115 million extension through the 2032 season.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The very structure of the discussion can begin to suppress caution.
    Jane Sadowsky, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Mireya Mayor does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
    Mireya Mayor, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The position consults with medical, social work, rehabilitation, education, nursing, custody and other personnel regarding program planning and evaluation and the development of direct and indirect services — with medical and other clinical consultation as necessary.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Bull session.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20session. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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