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
  • His chat room—a continual stream of comments from fans—expressed a range of reactions to Kirk’s death.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The scars of the Troy Aikman to Tony Romo years run deep with the Cowboys, and Jerry has repeatedly demonstrated he’d rather be in the conversation for the playoffs than in the chat room for a top pick in the draft that could be used for a quarterback.
    Mac Engel September 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
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
  • The meeting came less than a week after investigators said 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, a former Marine, crashed a pickup truck into the Grand Blanc ward of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before firing an assault-style rifle inside.
    Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • More meetings meant more people.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Both are also mandated to attend a parenting seminar within 60 days of the divorce filing.
    Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Shrek The Third director Raman Hui, Elvis producer Schuyler Weiss and top execs from leading Japanese broadcasters Nippon TV and TBS are among the speakers set for the seminar program at this year’s TIFFCOM contents market in Tokyo.
    Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Where the symposium fostered a social dialogue, science provided its measurable foundation.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The group also maintains a prolific schedule of author talks, online symposiums and real-life get-togethers that all revolve around old-timey grub.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Feedback from supporters is being digested and, over the next few months, further consultation with the Fan Advisory Board and other fans’ groups is anticipated.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The drones that landed in Poland were not believed to be armed, but nonetheless, spurred Warsaw to trigger Article 4 emergency consultations with NATO members.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While what kind of crust a Key Lime pie should have is often up for discussion, there’s no debate as heated as what should top the tangy pie.
    Amber Love Bond, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Near the end of the day, Haag gathered her students for their usual wrap-up discussion.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ernest Freeberg 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.
    Ernest Freeberg, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Jack McNamara 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.
    Jack McNamara, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Bull session.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20session. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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