bull session

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Recent Examples of bull session And though their scenes together are way too brief, the Older and Younger Elliott bull sessions give the movie both a spiky-humor rush and a sense of genuine grounding. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024 The newspaper’s staff won the Pulitzer for breaking news for a series of stories on a secret audio recording that exposed Los Angeles City Council members scheming in a crass and racist bull session about political power in the city. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023 The entire movie is infused with a revolutionary, Year Zero spirit that becomes as exhausting as an undergraduate bull session. Kyle Smith, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022 This is a Tom Stoppardesque bull session. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022 But Mandel has the stylistic elegance and emotional sympathy to make this more than merely an undergraduate bull session. Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022 The calculations about what should be taught, or better yet what shouldn't be, sound like the workings of an all-night dormitory bull session. Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull session
Noun
  • There’s been sports talk, there’s been barber shops, chat rooms.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • There’s been sports talk, there’s been barber shots, chat rooms.
    Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Oh, and there was that springtime visit with the Nebraska football program, which included a clinic with the players and a long, in-depth skull session with the coaching staff.
    Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
  • All of it – the jump in defensive rating from 18th last season to sixth; all those skull sessions with lead defensive assistant Jeff Bzdelik – was for nights like this.
    Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 23 May 2018
Noun
  • Democrats saw the meeting as an opportunity to call attention to the fact that Bondi has yet to explicitly commit to showing up on April 14.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The National Weather Service holds the two-hour, free seminar in communities throughout northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Raskin is a former constitutional law professor who taught a seminar on the First Amendment and cites Thomas Paine as his hero.
    Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This year’s symposium laureate presentations were held March 11-12 at UC San Diego in La Jolla.
    La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Nearly everybody called out Tucker Carlson at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s symposium on antisemitism.
    Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Anand arrived in Turkey for consultations on the situation in the region as the war rages on.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The Marietta man was critically wounded when, officials said, Lawrence Charles Michels, 51, of Jasper, opened fire during a walk-in mental health consultation inside the facility.
    Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The weather service considered a winter storm watch with potential blizzard conditions, but held off because confidence is not high enough to expect visibility cut to a quarter mile or less with only an inch or two of snow expected, according to its forecast discussion.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Some highlights from the discussion follow.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Aria Gastón-Panthaki does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
    Andres Bustamante, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Daya has a private practice in Los Angeles and consults with athletes in a wide range of sports from youth to professional, as well as business leaders, doctors, and musicians.
    Daya Grant, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026

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“Bull session.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20session. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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