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beeline
noun as in direct route
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On these “dreadful” days, Lee dipped into a convenience store, making a beeline for the freezer, its door soaked with condensation.
We made a beeline to the large, American Gladiators–style jousting foam pit, complete with two towers for competitors to battle on using gigantic Q-tip-shaped clubs.
Studies on some of these deadly cases show that the virus makes a beeline for lung tissue, causing the cells to grow, inflame, and even clot.
Every time I pass through, I make a beeline for Mountain Sage, a coffee shop that doubles as an art gallery and plant nursery.
I told him to come over that night and made a beeline for the freezer.
Once freed, Abdullah and a slew of recently released Taliban inmates have made a beeline back to the battlefield.
He walked in, made a beeline for me, and said he had moved to the city for a job.
After making an initial beeline to run toward the storm, the reporter had second thoughts and hid behind a trash can.
He made a beeline for Abramovich, who took cover inside a Hermès store and had his bodyguards block the door.
The man sees Chappelle looking at him and crosses the street, making a beeline for him.
In a wide circle they swung, climbing, climbing higher and higher, and then headed in a beeline straight toward the German tauben.
Its almost a beeline, Andy, and the Racing Star is built for speed.
"That they're there, and coming toward us on a beeline," Dave replied with a nod toward the approaching flying boats.
A horseman was seen to be clearing a piney wood at the extreme limit of the horizon, and gallop in a beeline towards them.
Crag calculated that a beeline to Bandit would just about skirt the southeast end of the spur.
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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to beeline, such as: shortcut, straightaway, shortest route, and straight line.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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