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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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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Last month, amid the late scramble to avert a government shutdown, House Republicans dropped a provision from the spending bill that aimed to toughen restrictions on U.S. investment in China.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
15 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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At a brilliant Prada show, the models seemed to barely have time to grab faux fur wraps and coats to throw over their pajamas before setting off for parts unknown.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
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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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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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
Verb
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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 30 Jan. 2025.
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