Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beelines
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Eager to convince the family of her and March’s love, Nat sets off to become a useful ghost and offers to cleanse the factory.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025 -
The death sets off a chain of events that forces Lilian to revisit her fractured family life and complicated bond with her ex-husband.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Pete doesn't get far before the cold overtakes him.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Kyle Schwarber overtakes Shohei Ohtani on the Great Race!—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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The report sets out 25 adaptable policy strategies to tackle hiring, leadership, authorship, accountability, and representation for Black creators.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The work, led by USF postdoctoral researcher Yu Zeng and integrative biology professor Stephen Deban, sets out a unifying model for how these distant animals achieve their lightning-fast strikes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Carlota sees Cherry hiding it, and puts it back in Laura’s room.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Legacy of frog gigging still puts food on the table.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
10 Sep. 2025
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It is understood Utz will work in tandem with Mathilde Favier, who directs the celebrities department for women, and Sam Maouchi, celebrity relations director for men.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sarah directs him to the art of the Renaissance.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Although it’s found being generated in many places, from outflows in Herbig-Haro objects to planetary nebulae, one origin story for dust outstrips all others.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Unsurprisingly, problems can arise when a person’s credit balance outstrips their savings.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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The decision turns less on predicting the next Fed meeting and more on projecting a company’s earning power far into the future.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Maria is a wonderfully textured character, at turns flinty and cold and vivacious and funny, and Maura is adept at embodying all sides to this woman.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025
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This far outpaces what the existing electrical grid and its operators are prepared to manage.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Orforglipron will also be easier to manufacture at scale, which is crucial as demand for obesity and diabetes injections outpaces supply.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Beelines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beelines. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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