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Recent Examples of bull pen
Collins then extended the lead to 3-1 with a 400-foot blast into the Twins bullpen in the seventh.
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CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
On Sunday, having taxed the bullpen the previous night in an 11-inning game, manager Alex Cora was happy to give the ball to Early in the sixth despite the lefty sitting at 88 pitches.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
How to Watch White Sox vs Brewers Milwaukee continues to lean on its identity of strong starting pitching and a deep bullpen, a formula that has kept them competitive in tight games even when the offense is inconsistent.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Blake Treinen and Edwin Díaz were getting loose in the Dodgers bullpen during the bottom of the eighth, and as soon as Smith’s ball cleared the fence Treinen sat down and Díaz got serious.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
On Sunday, having taxed the bullpen the previous night in an 11-inning game, manager Alex Cora was happy to give the ball to Early in the sixth despite the lefty sitting at 88 pitches.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
How to Watch White Sox vs Brewers Milwaukee continues to lean on its identity of strong starting pitching and a deep bullpen, a formula that has kept them competitive in tight games even when the offense is inconsistent.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Blake Treinen and Edwin Díaz were getting loose in the Dodgers bullpen during the bottom of the eighth, and as soon as Smith’s ball cleared the fence Treinen sat down and Díaz got serious.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull pen
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The system diverts stormwater into a giant tank and then, at Fourteenth Street, pumps it out at up to three hundred and fifty million gallons a day, sending it on to the Newtown Creek wastewater facility.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Bahrain’s Bapco Energy is confirming a tank fire at one of their storage facilities as a result of Iranian drone attacks.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Farmer Boys’ breakfast burritos contain cage-free eggs, hash browns, cheese, salsa and choice of meats.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Boyers said that many of these escape attempts are at least partly down to the fact a hamster cage can feel quite limiting.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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The process rapidly reduces the number of infected red blood cells in the patient’s system, replacing them with donor cells, corresponding author David Leaf told STAT.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
3 Apr. 2026
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In this study, scientists determined that combining FAK-inhibiting drugs with immunotherapy and chemotherapy yielded the best results in mice in suppressing tumor growth, attracting tumor-fighting immune cells and extending survival.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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For most of the year, the animals roam the island’s northern pastures, hills and cliffs, but in the days before Christmas, they’re rounded up and brought to the shearing pens.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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White seabass hatched in Carlsbad are distributed to 10 coastal holding pens operated by volunteers from San Diego to Ventura, including a large site at Santa Catalina Island.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Captain has been released from jail after a judge set bail at $250,000, and he is set to enter a plea on April 9, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Housing would be freed up by deporting some people and putting others in jail.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The government opened the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz in 1934, hoping to use the remote island to house particularly difficult prisoners, according to the National Park Service.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
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But Wood’s penitentiary is considerably sturdier.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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These are the public spaces that guests mill about in—sipping a berry cooler at the long bar, enjoying a glass of malbec and a read by the stove, or playing monopoly at the communal table.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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The walk-in cooler was found with an internal temperature of 59 to 60 degrees, when the requirement is 41 degrees or lower.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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On that same day, nearly 300 people were sent to the prison in El Salvador from the same Texas detention center, according to the American Immigration Council.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Sacramento’s smallest zoo Alali now lives in Natomas with her fiancé, Alex Saraceno, along with Merlin; a girl group of rats named Monica, Moira and Amy; a former prison pigeon named Al Capone; a bearded dragon named Muffy; and a dog named Maverick.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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