1
as in set out
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as in overtook
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beelined
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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 -
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
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In the first quarter of 2024, the United States narrowly overtook China as South Korea’s largest export market in 2024, in part a result of the Yoon administration’s encouragement of South Korean firms to move their operations out of China.—
Robert E. Kelly,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Dec. 2024
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If a wildfire overtook the lab, or Russia launched an attack on New Mexico, which represents the nexus of America’s nuclear-weapons complex, there would not be much for a lab technician to do.—
Abe Streep,
The New Yorker,
27 Dec. 2024
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Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images Some of the texts had been detected by spam filters across the messaging ecosystem, setting off alarm bells.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
2 Feb. 2025
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The convoy of OCTAs set off to climb those mountains, trading pebbled roads for harder tracks in places, and some cement surfaces where runoff was an obvious issue.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Yet that change paid instant dividends as the Türkiye international sprinted into space down the right, latching onto a through ball from Samuel Mbangula and driving the ball into the top corner.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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Jones sprinted to the middle of the field, bouncing up and down, excitedly pumping his right fist.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Just a few days before Alessandro Michele’s inaugural Valentino couture show, the Italian designer welcomed Vogue into one of the house's five Paris ateliers, where master seamstresses were hard at work putting the finishing touches on his otherworldly designs.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2025
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Avoid putting shade-loving plants alongside sun-loving varieties that need six or more hours of direct sunlight a day.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2025
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Over the past decade, the United States’ tech sector has consistently outpaced China’s in AI, creating more than three times as many AI-focused companies.—
Jude Blanchette,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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For a team that has outpaced the expectations of nearly every preseason prognosticator, the Spurs hit January with a winning record that would have put them in the Western Conference Play-In Tournament had the season ended on New Year’s Day.—
Mike Monroe,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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But the photos in that email, from camera traps in the Andes mountains, struck him as different.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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The visual struck a chord with the general public, and the garter toss was born.—
Ivana Rihter,
Vogue,
31 Dec. 2024
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Finally, accelerated demand led by corporate refugees is being met by a steady supply of businesses from retiring baby boomers.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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According to recent studies, the rate of change across several key factors has accelerated by 183% in the past four years, largely driven by emerging technologies, including generative artificial intelligence.—
Sherzod Odilov,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Beelined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beelined. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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