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beef

[beef] / bif /




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He once ordered three 4x4 burgers from In-N-Out, which is four beef patties and four slices of cheese.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Tyson earlier this year closed a Lexington, Neb., beef plant, one of the industry’s largest, and halved production at a Texas plant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

And it could increase the potential beef between City and Chelsea following Maresca's move this summer.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Inflationary pressures on grocery prices and supply chains have caused the cost of a standard beef burrito to climb 50% since 2020.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

He slyly pocketed a chunk of beef to give to Spider later.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

While the rapper born Jermaine Lamarr Cole and raised in Fayetteville, N.C., has participated in his share of public beefs, he has never acted like he had all the answers.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

She said organizations like hers — which use diplomacy to quash street beefs before they spill over into bloodshed — have also become lifelines for certain neighborhoods by providing diapers, formula, and other essential supplies.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2026

"Hiss" is a feat for the independent rapper — reminiscent of some of rap's most complex beefs from the '90s and '00s.

From Salon Dec. 28, 2024

You may not typically think of WordPress, the blogging platform turned ubiquitous content management system, as a workplace rife with corporate drama, or as an instigator of petty public beefs.

From Slate Oct. 11, 2024

In my lunch group, we dissected whatever had gone on that morning at school, any beefs we had with teachers, any assignments that struck us as useless.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

But Bessent’s image of immigrants smuggling their infected beeves across the border is transparent fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2025

He described it as “a few hundred acres of dirt, some clusters of old barns and outbuildings… a few beeves and hogs or a flock of sheep.”

From Salon Oct. 18, 2012

Besides beeves it sometimes afflicts sheep, goats, hogs, horses, dogs, cats, camels, buffalo, bison, antelope, chamois, llama, giraffe.

From Time Magazine Archive

But angry words, as Bowles well knows, bring few beeves to market.

From Time Magazine Archive

But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Or three letters for “Rapper who famously beefed with Jay-Z”? Try your hand at today’s crossword!

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

Sebastian Capital, the Manhattan company that manages the 723-acre site, said it has beefed up security and appreciates the help from police.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

He himself lives in London, where Cohere recently beefed up its offices.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

The backroom staff has been beefed up, with Sarah Taylor enlisted to sort the fielding and Troy Cooley adding support to the fast bowlers.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

This tally of instruments, occasionally beefed up by timpani and trumpets, was the template for the classical orchestra as used by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Takaichi has also accelerated a beefing up of Japan's military capabilities as its sheds its strict pacifist stance in place since the war.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Japan is slowly beefing up its military, known as the Self-Defense Forces, and has spent years fortifying vulnerable islands stretching down to Taiwan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

His remarks come amid Germany beefing up its military capacity in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

From Barron's May 16, 2026

“I will continue to do the work on beefing up the system, so you can call 911 and have the right team respond,” she told an audience last month.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

It’s not that he was beefing with our father or that they didn’t get along—I take that back.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds




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