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bean

[been] / bin /
NOUN
small hard pellet
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The old crowded wait has become a couch scroll until your green bean skewer and brisket noodles appear by e-bike.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

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

Some tried to grab the magic bean and exploded into shower sparks of light.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Jessie told Lamar that she’d like to eat some butter beans and cornbread later on.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2026

But crushing all those beans also produced a river of cheap oil.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

You would also be relying on the restaurant management not to spill the beans — apologies once again for the pun — to regular customers and employees.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

But debris from the crash and soya beans scattered on the road from the lorry's load were found by officers, he added.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Even the cabbages, radishes, and long green beans laid out on the vegetable carts were dusty, despite the sellers swiping them with cloths at regular intervals.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

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

“Ted Sarandos and Reed Hastings are A-Rod and Barry Bonds,” Mr. Galloway said, adding that while they may have been beaned in the face, “You don’t want to bet against these guys.”

From New York Times May 28, 2022

He envisions a covered walkway so people can visit the monarchs without getting beaned by golf balls.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 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

He played every game in the second half, coming back from a beaning by the Cardinals’ Genesis Cabrera in St. Louis on April 28.

From New York Times Nov. 18, 2021

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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