beanpole
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Or in the case of Super Nintendo World, watch a stack of Goombas sway as they walk, or admire the flagpole atop “Mount Beanpole,” a towering mountain filled with blocks we wish we wish we could punch, vicious, chomping Piranha Plants, inviting green spaces and zipping platforms that seem ripe for jumping.
From Los Angeles Times
Before his brother sprouted like a beanpole early in high school, soon to evolve into a 7-footer with skills unlike other players his size, Isaiah was once the imposing Mobley.
From Los Angeles Times
Former Palos Verdes coach Evan Fujinaga, noting Rowen’s “beanpole” frame and struggles with a traditional delivery, suggested the move, thinking it would benefit Rowen the way it did Ben Grezlovski, a former college teammate who made the team at Florida as a walk-on in 1998, became the Gators’ closer and was a 24th-round pick of the Angels in 1999.
From Los Angeles Times
Venerated indie distributor Kino Lorber was quick to follow-up with a Tweet thanking the former President for choosing three of its films — "Beanpole," "Bacurau," and "Martin Eden" — all foreign-language features that have landed on many film critics' top ten lists.
From Salon
Through Film Forum in Manhattan, for instance, you can buy admission to the harrowing post-World War II Russian film “Beanpole,” the wry Romanian caper comedy “The Whistlers,” “Sorry We Missed You” or “The Wild Goose Lake.”
From New York Times
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