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Recent Examples of bull pen
Bubic returned from Tommy John surgery last season and thrived in a bullpen role.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Deal: Blake Treinen The key man in the postseason bullpen, Treinen signed a two-year, $22-million deal on Dec. 10.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Bringing García back makes sense for the Blue Jays, who need to rebuild a depleted bullpen, but his addition doesn’t move the needle for a restless fan base.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
But in a Monday Zoom conference with Boston media, Red Sox baseball operations chief Craig Breslow said that adding a right-handed power bat to the lineup remains one of his two top priorities for the remainder of the offseason, the other being further bolstering the bullpen.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Deal: Blake Treinen The key man in the postseason bullpen, Treinen signed a two-year, $22-million deal on Dec. 10.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Bringing García back makes sense for the Blue Jays, who need to rebuild a depleted bullpen, but his addition doesn’t move the needle for a restless fan base.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
But in a Monday Zoom conference with Boston media, Red Sox baseball operations chief Craig Breslow said that adding a right-handed power bat to the lineup remains one of his two top priorities for the remainder of the offseason, the other being further bolstering the bullpen.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull pen
Noun
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Inspectors observed four live giant clams in a water tank without any shellstock identification tags.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Jan. 2025
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When the steam generators’ water tanks ran dry, heat disappeared, too.—
Robert Klara,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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Two years ago the Supreme Court took up a case involving the California law banning sales of pork from pigs raised in tight cages.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Suet blocks are usually put in simple square cages and hung from trees or posts.—
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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When this occurs to cells in the SCN, the brain has a hard time syncing to the time of day through the presence or absence of light.—
Cathy Habas,
SELF,
17 Jan. 2025
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He had been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in 2023.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
16 Jan. 2025
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Topics include: chicken breeds, raising chicks, designing coops and pens, and chicken health and nutrition.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2025
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Vape pen stuffed inside travel-size toothpaste tube - Chicago Midway International Airport Someone should've brushed up on the rules before trying to sneak a vape into the airport in a travel-size toothpaste tube.—
Terry Dickerson,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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Johnson was arrested on July 17 and bonded out of jail five days later, officials with the sheriff’s office said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Jan. 2025
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Deterring criminal behavior With clear penalties, including fines and jail time, this legislation will serve as a deterrent to anyone contemplating unlawful occupancy of another person’s home.—
Ryan Nawrocki,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2025
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Ultimately, Hazzard was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to perform hard labor at a state penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
5 Jan. 2025
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Kingstown follows the powerful family in a fictional Michigan town: Kingstown, Michigan, a city whose main industry is nine penitentiaries.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Dec. 2024
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Inspectors said cut tomatoes and chicken toppings were at unsafe temperatures in the prep cooler.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Jan. 2025
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In my brief tests with the chair in a very warm Razer demo suite, the cooler definitely made a quick and noticeable impact to my body temperature.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Biden also commuted sentences for 37 of 40 convicts on death row in federal prisons, which was largely a policy statement against capital punishment.—
Ron Faucheux,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2025
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His conviction was for a non-violent offense, but he was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Bull pen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pen. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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