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as in set out
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as in overtook
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beelined
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What Changes Mean for Americans Joining Family in the U.K. The white paper said that a new policy for family migration will be set out before the end of the year.—
Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Beginning in the middle of the 19th century, the Amercian Medical Association set out to make licensing of physicians a reality in every state.—
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Although the dollar overtook the British pound sterling in the mid-1920s as the currency of choice in global foreign exchange reserves, its stature as the world’s reserve currency was secured only at the Bretton Woods conference toward the end of World War II.—
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This comes just a few days after Derrick White overtook Isaiah Thomas for the most individual threes in a season in Celtics’ franchise history.—
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The call led to a law enforcement response at the campus and set off a lockdown as the agency announced there was an active shooter in the building, officials said.—
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That set off a roughly two-year struggle to hammer out the complex details of how that would work, even as legal challenges poured in.—
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Yet that change paid instant dividends as the Türkiye international sprinted into space down the right, latching onto a through ball from Samuel Mbangula and driving the ball into the top corner.—
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Jones sprinted to the middle of the field, bouncing up and down, excitedly pumping his right fist.—
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The first set was tied 10 times before the Saints finally put it away 25-21 on a Pabarcus kill.—
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Some of their suggestions for revamping vaccines would also put Americans at unnecessary risk: Asking certain American jurisdictions to delay childhood vaccinations, or perhaps even skip certain shots, could leave entire communities more vulnerable to disease.—
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They were abandoned in 1959 when outpaced by technology.—
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Firstly, customer expectations are escalating and have already outpaced the experiences offered by the sector.—
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Puerto Rico continues to struggle with chronic power outages blamed on a crumbling power grid that was razed by Hurricane Maria, a powerful category 4 storm that struck the island in September 2017.—
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But the photos in that email, from camera traps in the Andes mountains, struck him as different.—
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But a rebuild can be accelerated a lot with a special player like Haliburton.—
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The rebuild accelerated after Indiana traded then-two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, along with Justin Holiday and Jeremy Lamb to Sacramento for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson at the 2022 trade deadline.—
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“Beelined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beelined. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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