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Recent Examples of bull pen
Building up the bullpen The Aggies used Kennedy a lot last season and why not?
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Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 2 Feb. 2026
Houston’s bullpen candidates include Josh Hader, Bryan Abreu, Steven Okert, Enyel De Los Santos and Nate Pearson, who are all out of options.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2026
The Chicago Cubs started the fall with some jabs, signing a handful of relievers to create a deeper bullpen.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
If Cody Bradford’s rehab from elbow surgery is complete by the end of April, Latz could then transition into a multi-inning, high-leverage reliever, which would significantly strengthen the bullpen.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 2 Feb. 2026
Houston’s bullpen candidates include Josh Hader, Bryan Abreu, Steven Okert, Enyel De Los Santos and Nate Pearson, who are all out of options.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2026
The Chicago Cubs started the fall with some jabs, signing a handful of relievers to create a deeper bullpen.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
If Cody Bradford’s rehab from elbow surgery is complete by the end of April, Latz could then transition into a multi-inning, high-leverage reliever, which would significantly strengthen the bullpen.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull pen
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Do the three veteran, free-agent starters acquired during the offseason — 34-year-old right-hander Michael Lorenzen, Tomoyuki Sugano (35), and lefty Jose Quintana (37) — have enough left in the tank to stabilize Colorado’s wobbly rotation?—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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About 30% to 40% of homes in New England rely on home heating oil, which involves filling up a tank that can last awhile.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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On one side stood a dozen or so cages occupied by snow-white rats.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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That cage, the magical but also eerie Thrushcross Grange, is a sight to behold—an epic, retina-searing, sometimes repulsive, consistently jaw-dropping palace, meticulously constructed by production designer Suzie Davies.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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After five days in frigid federal holding cells — where the family says the children slept under foil blankets on thin mats — they were transferred to Dilley, expecting to wait there for a couple weeks at most.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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So, chocolate, orgasms, limerence, and heroin may all depend on the same little bundles of cells to evoke their fundamental sensation of pleasure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Treating a vape pen the same as heroin is a failure of common sense.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Several others are competing for spots in a pen that features David Bednar, Camilo Doval, Fernando Cruz and Tim Hill at the top, including Paul Blackburn, Jake Bird, Brent Headrick, Angel Chivilli, Yerry De los Santos and Cade Winquest.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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The woman’s name will be released after she is identified by the coroner, and the suspect’s name after he is booked into jail, the department said.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Prince George’s County Department of Corrections held a baptism service for the first time in its history at the jail in Upper Marlboro.—
Jasmine Golden,
Washington Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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Azcarate sentenced Magalhaes to 10 years in the penitentiary and two years suspended.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, an 8-year-old in West Baltimore at the time of the murder, offers piercing commentary on the impact of both the initial crime and the succeeding one, the grievously unjust trial that put three kids in the penitentiary.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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These tungsten atoms would then condense on the slightly cooler inside of the glass bulb, blackening it and dimming the light over time.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Raw beef was stored over raw vegetables, the ice machine was dirty and there was no thermometer in the reach-in cooler.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Feb. 2026
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He was charged with sedition and sent to a federal prison in North Dakota.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Harrell left the band the following year and was sentenced to two years in prison in 2015.—
Jim Beaugez,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Bull pen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%20pen. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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