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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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While he has been successful with Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia, you cannot really compare that to working in the Premier League, which is a completely different beast.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Inside this claustrophobic wooden beast, Odysseus and his wild and bloodthirsty Greeks are crammed cheek-to-sandal so tightly that you can’t imagine how they’ll spring into action without first getting a massage.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

"We're good with the heat, but the humidity is a different beast," he said as he wheeled his rental bicycle along a section of the National Mall crowded with tourists.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Jefferson, Ms. Dierksheide and Mr. Guyatt argue, spent decades trying to imagine how the U.S. might safely release the beast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

I couldn’t see all of him at once, that’s how enormous this beast was.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Homeowners spend thousands to ward off the pantry-raiding, toothpaste-sniffing beasts, exposing a rift among volunteer groups.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Its setting is much older, a version of medieval Japan where humans are crafting iron into firearms and beasts can talk, but nobody wants to listen to each other.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Instead of a budget rampaging out of control, it’s the beasts themselves, particularly Irene, a stunning creation that resembles a glop of marmalade with eyeballs bubbling up to the surface.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Camels with "a bit of fire in them" raced in a remote Australian outback town this weekend at an annual event celebrating the desert beasts first imported in the mid-19th century.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Homo sapiens drove to extinction about half of the planet’s big beasts long before humans invented the wheel, writing, or iron tools.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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