as in scramble
informal
a quickly followed straight or direct course
He made a beeline for the kitchen.
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as in to overtake
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Recent Examples of beeline
Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
Fans of beloved beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury will want make a beeline to the Aventura Mall.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 July 2024
Laura Randall, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024
In the morning, beeline it to DeLuxe, a bakery celebrated for its pastries, cakes and espresso.
—Nicole Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Matthew Stafford trotted onto the practice field Wednesday at Loyola Marymount and immediately made a diagonal beeline for the weight room behind the far end zone.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
Fans of beloved beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury will want make a beeline to the Aventura Mall.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 July 2024
Verb
Other passengers beeline toward tables and help themselves to puzzles and games provided by the ship.
—Laura Randall, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024
In the morning, beeline it to DeLuxe, a bakery celebrated for its pastries, cakes and espresso.
—Nicole Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beeline
Noun
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Some are 'making people multi-millionaires' Trump’s funding freeze causes scramble in CT.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
28 Jan. 2025
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The collapse triggered a scramble to determine whether Florida’s coastal buildings were safe, followed by new legislation to mandate more frequent inspections and funding for structural fixes.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Just 16 years earlier, the U.S. under Johnson had set out to prevent nations from making unilateral claims to the high seas.—
Jack Truesdale,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2025
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So Penner and the team’s ownership group set out to examine every aspect of how the Broncos handled player health and wellness.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In 2024, solar power generated 11% of EU electricity, overtaking coal, which fell below 10% for the first time.—
Sibi Arasu,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Global investment in low-carbon energy projects will overtake spending on upstream oil and gas production for the first time this year, according to a report from S&P. Solar energy alone is expected to generate half of this year's green energy investment.—
Katie Fehrenbacher,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Try your luck by running the 40-yard dash or vertical jumping, just like the prospects do at the NFL Scouting Combine.—
Neil Nakahodo,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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In addition, the designer’s mood board was pinned with images ranging from cinematic shots of Monica Bellucci to editorials and runway moments starring pets — a prelude to the dash of pet therapy and humor Koma injected into the lineup.—
Sandra Salibian,
WWD,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Instead of setting off 12 years of party control like Reagan did, Dems eked out just four, and now risk finding themselves in the political wilderness.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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But attacking the camera did not appear to set off major alarms about Mr. Mejia, whose last conviction, for setting the vestibule fire, had been more than five years earlier.—
Michael Wilson,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Sonic The Hedgehog 3 has been outrunning its predecessors with $420M global.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Like every other art museum in Texas, the MFA started late in the blue-chip art chase, but this tortoise, turbocharged with oil money, often outruns the Yankee hares.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Best Gradual Lotion: Jergens Natural Glow Self Tanner Lotion Courtesy of brand Jergens Natural Glow Self Tanner Lotion $12 $10 Amazon $10 Target $13 Walgreens Original video by Glamour senior commerce editor Jenifer Calle In a hurry and need something to give you some color ASAP?—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2025
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The quickest way to get worse in a hurry — beyond playing power forward Patrick Williams even more minutes than head coach Billy Donovan already allocates — is for Chicago to trade some of its best players for future draft assets.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Later that day, things went further downhill when Erin and Brynn put Erin’s husband, Abe, on speakerphone as a joke.—
As told to Lindy Segal,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2025
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Just a few days before Alessandro Michele’s inaugural Valentino couture show, the Italian designer welcomed Vogue into one of the house's five Paris ateliers, where master seamstresses were hard at work putting the finishing touches on his otherworldly designs.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Beeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beeline. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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