bush-league
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Next they want to tear down our beloved two-mile superspeedway and replace it with a bush-league half-mile track.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2021
What he’s giving them in return is a strange, bush-league, pull-it-out-of-your-ear, always-indulge-your-emotions campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2016
I don’t care how married to him you are, that’s a bush-league move.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2016
In his incarnation in later years as a fledging bush-league baseball player, he adopted the sobriquet Randy because he felt it created the illusion that he could run faster.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2015
And he had not forgotten a good turn Blume had done him back in his bush-league days.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
But in a bush league snub, he chooses to be Commissioner Rob, not Commissioner Bob.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2025
“It’s a little bush league, but I don’t expect anything less from these guys,” Kershaw said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2025
While creative, his move drew the ire of plenty of current and former college and pro players who viewed the "gotcha" moment as bush league.
From Fox News ● Dec. 10, 2021
“It was like the bush league of independent leagues.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2020
The great Ty Cobb first made them "sit up and take notice" in a bush league.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
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