bogy
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Lopez-Chacarra overcame a triple bogy on the long par-4 seventh and tied Sargent for the lead with a short birdie on the par-4 15th.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2022
In the 1950s, 3D was wheeled out to upstage television, the industry bogy of that era.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2010
The dilemma posed by segregation in Southern public schools, the bogy of federal control following U.S. aid, make the issue hard to handle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inflation is a bogy word that has almost passed out of the news in a day when businesses have so much unused capacity around.
From Time Magazine Archive
Do I hear a man speaking, or is it a boy, frightened by a bogy?
From A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas by Archibald Webb
Defending champion Nick Taylor, who had been in a share of the lead after two rounds, slipped back to tied-fifth with a disappointing 70 that included four bogies.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
But he carded four bogies and a double bogey over the final eight holes to fall into a tie for fifth at 269.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024
Wu, the Chinese player who finished in a tie for 79th in Spain last year, took the early lead after making eight birdies and no bogies in a round of 8-under 63.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
The book emphasized the critical importance of conquering such "bogies of the imagination" as "If you are forced down at sea, a shark is sure to amputate your leg."
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2021
Then he started gathering old faerie stories too, legends about bogies and shamble-men.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
