beard
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Some people were crazy about how he had a beard and said that he was in a sleeper cell and all this stuff.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
A plainspoken veteran with a dense beard and a closet full of grimy sweatshirts, Platner fit the bill.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Borrowing Gandalf’s hair and beard, Hugh Jackman plays the role as a worn-down elder equally given to ruthlessness and regret, setting the tone for a strange thematic mix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
"They not only want to destroy us physically, but they first and foremost want to erase our memory," the clergyman, with a long grey-and-white beard, said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
He had the straight spine of a dancer but wore ordinary clothes and a tool belt, and his close-cropped beard was shot with gray.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
“We’re re-emerging in this kind of new bearded age,” said Sean Trainor, a facial-hair historian whose dissertation “Groomed for Power” examined the underpinnings of the golden age of political beards in the 19th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Last month, the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said it was now "obligatory" to grow beards longer than a fist, doubling down on an earlier order.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
In 2023, women competing at a World Cup event drew beards and moustaches on their faces to protest against the decision not to include them in the Olympics.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
But today, their mouths, noses and eyes have been removed, with beards and hair left on the men.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
I was a child of fourteen, while he and Willem were already university men, sprouting straggly beards and breathing out cigar smoke with their conversation.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Other entrants include a trans woman named Ashley Webb and a gloriously bearded Marine vet.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
Most of the bearded revolutionaries who entered Havana with Valdés in 1959 have died or withdrawn from public life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The site is home to bird species including bearded tit, avocet, redshank and lapwing.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
“We’re re-emerging in this kind of new bearded age,” said Sean Trainor, a facial-hair historian whose dissertation “Groomed for Power” examined the underpinnings of the golden age of political beards in the 19th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
“You working for our man then?” asked the bearded man.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
There’s talk of bearding dragons in their den and of forthcoming battles, plus a rather lovely foray into a deep cave system.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2016
Through a popular book and a starring role on IFC’s “Whisker Wars,” a seven-episode documentary series, Jack Passion, 28, has become the bushy face of the bearding game.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2011
John Buckler, 31, from Lansing, Mich., likened the bearding community to a social club.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2011
Gary Grant, whether being intimidated by a collie or bearding a board of examiners, plays to perfection the man who refuses to worry about anyone's opinion but his own.
From Time Magazine Archive
The grey moss grew thickly here, covering the fallen stones in great mounds and bearding all the towers.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
