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Recent Examples of bull pen
As the only southpaw in the Twins’ bullpen, he’s often tasked with facing tough lefties.
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
The relief pitchers emerged from the bullpen to join the fun — not in a sprint, but in a slow walk.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
The Rockies pounded out a season-high 16 hits and made the Padres, owners of one of the majors’ best bullpens, squirm.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 May 2025
Triston McKenzie, looked upon as a potential starter, was so erratic in spring training, he was dispatched to the Guardians bullpen to start the season.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
The relief pitchers emerged from the bullpen to join the fun — not in a sprint, but in a slow walk.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
The Rockies pounded out a season-high 16 hits and made the Padres, owners of one of the majors’ best bullpens, squirm.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 May 2025
Triston McKenzie, looked upon as a potential starter, was so erratic in spring training, he was dispatched to the Guardians bullpen to start the season.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull pen
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In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visits Uralvagonzavod, the country’s main tank factory in the Urals, in Nizhny Tagil, on Feb. 15, 2024.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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In February, Israeli tanks entered Jenin for the first time since 2002.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
21 May 2025
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Ventura complained about Priest winning a cage match by walking out of the door, similar to how Seth Rollins beat CM Punk in their Steel Cage Match.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Chicken wire fencing, plant cages, and netting provide effective physical barriers that deter rabbits from nibbling on your blooms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
21 May 2025
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So instead, the melanocytes (cells that form melanin) make red or yellow pigment.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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This unfortunate side effect is caused by irritants released from the onion cells when your knife slices through.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
16 May 2025
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Inside was changa, DMT powder and vape pens, ketamine, LSD, MDMA, and mushrooms.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Towering cranes stand 500 feet above the ground, swinging 30-ton cargo crates into the air and endlessly moving them from giant ships to holding pens and then turning around and sending off the next set of shipments.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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Seven inmates are still at large on May 19 after escaping from a New Orleans jail through a hole behind a toilet.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Boyd and Price were also in jail on serious charges.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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The gallows, where 15 penitentiary inmates were executed by hanging, were no longer there.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2025
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Instead, Trump took a number of potshots at his sometime opponent during a Tuesday press conference, less than 48 hours after ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2025
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Yes, even in a cooler for hours on the way to your mother-in-law’s house.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
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Dutton-family enforcer Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) opened a cooler with an agitated rattlesnake onto the unsuspecting Roarke, who was bitten in the face and dramatically died from the venom.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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In that case, Douglas was sentenced to five years of probation and had his 2-year prison sentence stayed, court documents say.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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In June 2024, three people were sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty of racially abusing Vinicius Jr in that May 2023 match at Valencia.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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“Bull pen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pen. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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