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beard

[beerd] / bɪərd /


NOUN
decoy
Synonyms
VERB
confront
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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As he posed for pictures at the gun counter, Bianco accused Hilton, a political commentator, of growing a beard to compete with the mustache Bianco first grew as a teenager.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

I felt a beard on my face so I knew it was a man.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who said his beard began as a “symbolic middle finger” to stereotypes of Muslims as terrorists, is the first New York City mayor with a beard in over a century.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

He’s wearing a gold sequin jacket over a fresh-pressed polka-dot shirt, fuchsia bell-bottoms and yellow trucker’s hat with an Appalachian-style beard.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Jamal Mamoo chuckles, his white teeth parting behind his short beard.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan




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