beast
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With 19 policymakers, it is difficult to make progress given diverse individual perspectives, strongly held views and the challenge of reforming such a complicated beast.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Whether the man or the beast is more isolated and miserable may be debated, but the gorilla, we assume, hasn’t had to face the harsh truth of his insignificance in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
When the leathery beast slunk off, singer James Hetfield dedicated the track to the band’s founding bassist, who died in a tour bus crash in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
And so, on a late morning in late August, I buzzed the seventh floor and rode the elevator straight into the belly of the beast.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Don’t touch it,” I said, slapping Pita’s hands away as she came up to pet the beast.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Tech firms diverged Thursday with a mixed bag of results for some of the AI sector's big beasts tempering the recent spurt of optimism amid growing anxiety about companies' investment and debt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
There are green-skinned beasts and monosyllabic men with impossibly tall blond hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
He told Italian news agency Ansa: "People act based on their own experiences and I know what it's like to be hit by one of these beasts."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Enter Sleek, the crabby tabby cat, and the Rev. Vicarious Cronch, the biblically recondite goat: interlocutors, speaking beasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
But before the beasts could sit to rest, the king's father approached them.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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