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1
as in dreads
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason
math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students
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as in spirits
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
the child believed bogeys lived in the closet
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Recent Examples of bogeys
Connell hit one birdie, five bogeys and 11 pars in addition to the eagle to reach his score.
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Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
An up-and-down backside which included four bogeys left him with a 71 after the opening round.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2025
The opening round of the DP World India Championship at Delhi Golf Club delivered more than just birdies and bogeys on Thursday.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Back-to-back bogeys at holes No 9 and 10 were followed up by birdies at 11, 12, 16 and 17.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The scorecard, once pristine, began to smudge with bogeys.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Defending his title in 2006, Woods limped to the finish with bogeys on the last two holes but still defeated David Toms and Camilo Villegas by a stroke.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
MacIntyre made bogies on the first, third and fifth holes to card a sloppy 38 on his front nine.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
An up-and-down backside which included four bogeys left him with a 71 after the opening round.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2025
The opening round of the DP World India Championship at Delhi Golf Club delivered more than just birdies and bogeys on Thursday.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Back-to-back bogeys at holes No 9 and 10 were followed up by birdies at 11, 12, 16 and 17.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The scorecard, once pristine, began to smudge with bogeys.
—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Defending his title in 2006, Woods limped to the finish with bogeys on the last two holes but still defeated David Toms and Camilo Villegas by a stroke.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
MacIntyre made bogies on the first, third and fifth holes to card a sloppy 38 on his front nine.
—Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogeys
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The courtroom doors cracked open, and a Black woman with long dreads walked in.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Also, there is this human white boy with dreads, Spider, a Tarzan type who hangs around the Sullys with the help of an oxygen mask.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2025
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To see him in such high spirits, seemingly not dampened by being rested for the final half-hour as Chelsea continue to manage his minutes, was a rare treat.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Some readers may be old enough to remember the 1976 Bicentennial, which occurred during one of the city’s lowest ebbs and lifted everyone’s spirits.—
John Calvelli,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Almost every one of Arsenal’s title-winning seasons in living memory has had a moment where the terrors set in.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The lustrous surfaces hide moral horrors, silence emotional terrors, and block out the filth beyond their boundaries.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
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Juggling demanding apparitions alongside staff burnout, family pressures and a coworker who seems to know more about her than expected, the series grounds its supernatural premise in the cultural specificity of the Filipino healthcare experience.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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The image combines each planet's nightly positions during separate 2025 apparitions, assembled by astrophotographer Petr Horálek, a NOIRLab Audiovisual Ambassador.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Now, for one of their chief bugaboos — a primary culprit for the mediocre record through 32 games.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2025
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James went down a lengthy list of bugaboos that hurt the Chargers, including but not limited to 14 penalties totaling 107 yards, the Giants’ 7-for-15 efficiency on third downs, a lackluster start that featured deficits of 10-0 and 13-3 in the first half and a failure to force a New York turnover.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
28 Sep. 2025
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The precarious state of her mind forces us to question whether Sylvia and Ted are ghosts, hallucinations or literary inventions sprung to life.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The show’s greatest strength was never just the jump scares or the hidden ghosts tucked into background shots.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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And, perhaps most importantly, we are feared by the enemies all over the globe.—
WILL WEISSERT,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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On the ice, they’re sworn enemies.—
Hannah Ryan,
CNN Money,
14 Feb. 2026
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But hey, this was the '90s, when being weird for weird's sake was a thing, and a creepy animatronic penguin lurking in the shadows and terrorizing humans in a variety of '90s-ish noir settings is definitely that.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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Afternoon light sweeps across the terrace, casting long shadows along arches and curved walls.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Bogeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogeys. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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