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also bogie
or bogy
1
as in dread
something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason
math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students
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2
as in ghost
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
the child believed bogeys lived in the closet
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Recent Examples of bogey
The run finally ended with a bogey at the par-4 14th.
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Kirk Kenney, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2025
McIlroy, meanwhile, had two birdies and just one bogey through the same stretch to create some distance between the two former Ryder Cup teammates.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Novak made three bogeys and a birdie around the turn, while English began his string of pars, repeatedly getting up and down with minimal fuss.
—Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
And shooting the best score of the day on the course considered one of the toughest on tour, with seven birdies and zero bogeys.
—Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Kirk Kenney, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2025
McIlroy, meanwhile, had two birdies and just one bogey through the same stretch to create some distance between the two former Ryder Cup teammates.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Novak made three bogeys and a birdie around the turn, while English began his string of pars, repeatedly getting up and down with minimal fuss.
—Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
And shooting the best score of the day on the course considered one of the toughest on tour, with seven birdies and zero bogeys.
—Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogey
Noun
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Over the past few weeks, my family has watched with dread as the Trump administration has closed the borders of the United States to asylum seekers and refugees just like in World War II.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Feb. 2025
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For many, there's a feeling of dread associated with software updates to your favorite gadget.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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So the unseen figure of the ghost becomes an expression of the filmmaker’s power over the frame, evoking the sadistic-voyeuristic nature of cinema in general and genre cinema in particular.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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And with that, the Woodstone property gained yet another ghost, one who may have just launched the show into its season endgame.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
6 Mar. 2025
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Republicans are comparably less inclined to see it as an enemy than are Americans overall.—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Cozzi, from Rush University Medical Center, described the MMR vaccine as a shield and measles as an enemy trying to pierce the shield with arrows.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2025
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On a recent afternoon at one of Larson’s old haunts, the Ear Inn on Spring Street, another question hung in the air: Who is Laurie?—
Rachel Sherman,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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The team also retrofitted the interiors of local Jersey spots into Dylan’s early performing haunts.—
Mara Reinstein,
Architectural Digest,
25 Dec. 2024
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The temple is famous for its towering gopurams (gateway towers), each covered in a riot of colors and adorned with intricate sculptures of deities, demons, and mythical creatures from Hindu mythology.—
Shalbha Sarda,
Architectural Digest,
4 Mar. 2025
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Here, Hausmann-Stokes talks to Deadline about his upbringing, confronting personal demons, uncovering nuanced and engaging Veteran stories.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Next week, George was trained as a chef, but he's got one frustrating bugaboo in the kitchen.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appétit,
20 Feb. 2025
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Can James Franklin officially shed the big-game bugaboo?—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Only Hackman could shift like that, from raconteur to angel of death.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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The weirdest stuff in the movie belongs to Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard’s roles as Christmas angels who narrate the story and get into some hi-jinks on the side.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2025
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Of course, the Pythons didn’t live through the plague themselves—and today, their sketch likely renders very differently for viewers who have undergone an experience of mass death.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2025
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In my opinion, movies don’t get much better than this timelessly urgent piece of art that is far from a simple morality tale, that never offers easy answers to cyclically present problems that plague society.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Bogey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogey. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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