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Recent Examples of bull pen
His second home run of the day soared high and deep into the inky sky, and sent right-fielder Dylan Carlson and center-fielder Jorge Mateo racing toward the Boston bullpen.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 May 2025
Miller was just called up to provide length out of the bullpen if needed.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
The top arms in the bullpen, led by fireman Lucas Erceg and closer Carlos Estevez, remain available for KC, while KC also weathers injuries at the top of the rotation.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
Because the Padres haven’t won, the back of the bullpen hasn’t been used much of late, but LHP Wandy Peralta has four strikeouts over 3⅓ scoreless innings and RHP Sean Reynolds has six strikeouts over 5⅓ scoreless innings.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 May 2025
Miller was just called up to provide length out of the bullpen if needed.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
The top arms in the bullpen, led by fireman Lucas Erceg and closer Carlos Estevez, remain available for KC, while KC also weathers injuries at the top of the rotation.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
Because the Padres haven’t won, the back of the bullpen hasn’t been used much of late, but LHP Wandy Peralta has four strikeouts over 3⅓ scoreless innings and RHP Sean Reynolds has six strikeouts over 5⅓ scoreless innings.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 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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Victor said the immigration officer moved the men to another cell.—
Lauren Petracca,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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After a brain injury, NMDA receptors can become overexcited, causing further cell death, so quieting these receptors might prevent additional damage.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
29 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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In that case, a man incarcerated in a local jail filed a complaint with CLERB alleging that deputies damaged his personal property and mishandled legal documents during a cell search.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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Kerik, an Army veteran, rose to the pinnacle of law enforcement before a fall so steep that even a city jail named after him was renamed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 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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He was convicted again about a decade later and sentenced to more time in prison.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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After a guilty plea, Brown faces up to 20 years in prison.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Bull pen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pen. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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