as in scramble
informal
a quickly followed straight or direct course
He made a beeline for the kitchen.
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Recent Examples of beeline
Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Mish and Lucy left their enclosures and beelined for the park's food storage area, where the animals gobbled seven days' worth of honey in one sitting.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 25 June 2025
Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
The money coming out of enterprise software is making a beeline to the much smaller semi cohort like Analog Devices , KLA Corp , Lam Research , Texas instruments , Advanced Micro Devices and Micron .
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 June 2025
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Noun
Global weather models have continued to suggest that this system will take a curving path into the open Atlantic ocean, rather than beeline into the Caribbean.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Mish and Lucy left their enclosures and beelined for the park's food storage area, where the animals gobbled seven days' worth of honey in one sitting.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
After visiting Big Springs in Palms Book State Park, make a beeline to the neighboring, eponymously named tavern for lunch or dinner.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
The money coming out of enterprise software is making a beeline to the much smaller semi cohort like Analog Devices , KLA Corp , Lam Research , Texas instruments , Advanced Micro Devices and Micron .
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beeline
Noun
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Multiple Gophers defensive players reacted as if the loose ball were live and after a scramble on the ground, Williams recovered it.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
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Daniels stayed in for the remainder of the game, but came up hobbling after some of his subsequent scrambles, including one that appeared to be a hip-drop tackle (it was not penalized in the game) by Kingsley Enagbare.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden set out to test a long-standing assumption in sensory neuroscience – that taste and smell signals remain separate until they are integrated in higher brain regions such as the orbitofrontal cortex.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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The Russians set out first, just after one in the morning.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Seattle Mariners have overtaken the Houston Astros atop the AL West.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, GPUs emerged as the preferred hardware, only to be later overtaken by FPGAs and eventually ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits).—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Like Lyles, the 100-meter dash is Bednarek’s secondary event.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The aircon buttons on the dash can also be made to disappear when you're done fiddling with them.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The ball smashes into the floodlights, and Hobbs sets off on his victory trot, in slow motion, with sparks cascading behind him like fireworks.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Rumors The identification of Rivas set off a wave of speculation and rumor, especially regarding her possible ties to Burke.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But Father Time is as daunting to outrun as an unblocked edge rusher.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
14 Sep. 2025
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On an outside zone play, Fox shed several tacklers and outran the Falcons’ secondary to quiet the Skyridge sideline and fan section, which had been energized up to that point.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Okunlola, meanwhile, hasn’t allowed a single sack or quarterback hurry in 59 pass blocking snaps while playing 120 snaps, mostly at left guard.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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The senior finished with three sacks, 11 tackles, two quarterback hurries and one pass deflection to help lead Menlo to a 35-0 victory on the road over Branham.—
Darren Sabedra,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Aztecs took an early lead in Pullman two weeks ago before Washington State ran off 29 straight points, including 16 in less than five minutes late in the first half to put the game away.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Two goals and an assist from the Argentine were enough to secure back-to-back wins for Miami and put it on the brink of a place in the playoffs and still within a chance of retaining the Supporters’ Shield.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Beeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beeline. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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