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
Nicole Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
After a full day hiking Elk Falls trails, my daughter and I beeline for the custom, oversized mineral pool for a soak, followed by a refreshing Experience shower where chromotherapy, aqua therapy, aromatherapy, and sound combine to soothe away all the soreness of the day.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 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
In the morning, beeline it to DeLuxe, a bakery celebrated for its pastries, cakes and espresso.
—Nicole Schnitzler, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
After a full day hiking Elk Falls trails, my daughter and I beeline for the custom, oversized mineral pool for a soak, followed by a refreshing Experience shower where chromotherapy, aqua therapy, aromatherapy, and sound combine to soothe away all the soreness of the day.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beeline
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Each fled in a chaotic scramble last week as the winds and embers picked up.Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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The Path Forward The most successful companies treat customer retention as a proactive mission rather than a reactive scramble.Ron Carson, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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After receiving his first guitar in 1959, the Grammy winner — who turns 80 on Jan. 10, 2025 — set out on a path to rock superstardom, joining various groups as well as achieving a remarkable solo career.Kate Hogan, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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The judge said the 1972 law should not cover any more than what it was set out to protect since Congress created it, calling it an attempt to bypass the legislative process.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Leading ladies, such as Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan, boosted pop music in 2024 to overtake Latin, which had been leading at the mid-year mark, as the fasting-growing genre of the year in terms of U.S. music streams.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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As the years ticked by, United’s facilities were overtaken by those of other teams — notably rivals and neighbours City.Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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And when paired with a dash of astrological insight?Daisy Maldonado, refinery29.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recipe Tip: Don’t forget the lime and a dash of sea salt!Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
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The court’s ruling set off a scramble by TikTok to appeal the case, and the company and creators went to the Supreme Court after the appeals court declined to pause the law from taking effect in order to give TikTok more time to bring its case before the Supreme Court.Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The soldier who authorities believe blew up a Cybertruck on New Year's Day in front of the entrance of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas used artificial intelligence to guide him about how to set off the explosion, officials said Tuesday.Tom Winter, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Even accounting for this, though, Democrats had stronger incumbents than Republicans did: 10 Democratic senators outran Harris by more than 3 points, while only two Republican senators (John Barrasso and Pete Ricketts) outran Trump by more than that amount.Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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This latest teaser is more general in scope, revealing few plot points but giving us glimpses of our new characters: Abby weeping over a grave, Ellie and Dina slow-dancing (and then outrunning a horde of infected), and a brief glimpse of Isaac by a campfire.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
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Grant gets off the ball in a hurry and finds a healthy balance between playing laterally and downhill.Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Jan. 2025
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Keep their necessities together, in a spot where they can be reached in a hurry.Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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And so parents, many of whom cherish their children and want to show them love and affection, are forced to put them in nursing homes, sometimes hundreds of miles distant.Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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Readying For The Next Wave No doubt, there will be many who put and keep mediocre AI tools on the market.Peter Guagenti, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Beeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beeline. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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