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beeline

[bee-lahyn] / ˈbiˌlaɪn /


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“She made a beeline for me and sort of opened her arms and said, ‘I love…’ And I thought she was going to say, ‘your performance,’ because we were at the premiere party.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

But Le Tout Paris has been making a beeline for the bridge, and even the sun, which spent much of August here wrapped in clouds, has reappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Villaraigosa flitted around the racers’ VIP tent, spotted a bowl of fortune cookies and made a beeline.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

And now among the western leaders making a beeline for Beijing is Sir Keir Starmer, the first British prime minister to visit China in eight years.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

All she wanted to do was beeline for the waves.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older




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