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bean

[been] / bin /
NOUN
small hard pellet
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Tests showed that extracts from the bean gum lowered HPV levels by 93% in saliva samples.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Taco Bell’s Luxe Value Menu offers 10 items for $3 or less, including a spicy potato soft taco for $1.69 and a cheesy bean and rice burrito for $1.89.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

It’s another bean to consider in those actuarial tables.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

Touzet said the coffee business would increase prices if bean costs rise, but cut them if costs fall.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Dishes of bean cakes and rice balls had been placed on the altar shelf for ghostly visitors.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

These days in Pozos de Gamboa, a Zacatecas town of 5,000 that is known for growing beans, people are terrified.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

She has tried a full English breakfast - but is not a fan of baked beans - and her TikTok algorithm is already throwing up typical conversational words like "innit".

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

A small bundle of herbs can sharpen a bowl of rice and beans.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Chipotle’s chicken burrito with rice, beans, cheese and salsa, plus a side of chips, totals $12.50.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

The first thing I tried to cook was some beans.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Yamamoto then promptly beaned the first batter he faced, loading the bases.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

Young pitcher Chase Silseth accidentally was beaned on a cross-diamond throw in a game and went on the concussion list.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2023

Angels: 3B Phil Gosselin was in the lineup after leaving Saturday’s game when he was beaned in the third inning.

From Seattle Times Jul. 31, 2022

Gosselin was beaned on a sinker from Otto, and Andrew Velazquez had a bunt single before Ohtani drove Otto’s 88 mph changeup into the elevated bleachers in center field.

From Washington Times Jul. 31, 2022

Remember when you beaned old Jack the rooster?

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Texas Rep. Chip Roy likened it to the practice of intentional beaning in baseball.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2023

WACO, Texas — A Little League batter rose from a beaning to console the upset pitcher in a dramatic scene at a Little League regional tournament game Tuesday in Waco, Texas.

From Washington Times Aug. 9, 2022

Cabrera sent a note of apology to Harper on Thursday saying the beaning was unintentional.

From Seattle Times Apr. 30, 2021

There were so many people crowded around the first green that he feared beaning someone.

From Golf Digest Apr. 2, 2017

“Breakfast!” he hollered as he coasted by, beaning her on the forehead with a plastic-wrapped muffin.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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