bull pens

Definition of bull pensnext
plural of bull pen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull pens
Noun
  • However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots.
    Richard Dahlberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Wooden signs dot roadsides advertising homes from the $300,000s for a townhome to over $1 million for big houses in the most desirable suburban neighborhoods.
    Jonathan J. Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • When examining the evolution of armoured warfare, the tanks that truly changed modern warfare are those that delivered a decisive technological leap, influenced future tank design, and impacted battlefield outcomes.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • For 32 years, Cruz Monroy has walked the streets of a small town on the fringes of Mexico's capital with a tower of small cages filled with a rainbow of birds.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Tanks have been retrofitted with cages and mesh to deflect drone strikes.
    Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Researchers studied her cells by cultivating them in a laboratory and saw indications of a selective advantage, with healthy skin cells favored over diseased ones.
    Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Antioxidants protect cells from oxidative stress, a form of damage that can accelerate aging and increase the risk of chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, per Novotny.
    Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • On these iron stones are the names of people who had lived in these houses and were killed by Nazis in Auschwitz or other concentration camps.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
  • His teenage years were spent in concentration camps.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Violations included expired food, employees not washing their hands and broken coolers.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The market would not sell alcohol, given Estrada wants to use coolers previously used to store alcoholic beverages to expand the store’s dairy selection.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Behind bars in state penitentiaries in Gatesville and Marlin, Mejia felt forgotten.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The wave of prison violence is happening despite the deployment of military and police forces in several penitentiaries.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Bull pens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pens. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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