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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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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

"AI is here. We unleashed the beast," said Maliyka Muhammad, a 46-year-old analyst for New York State, who thinks "a consortium of people" would be best to regulate it.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Mr. Giamatti gives an outlandishly funny—and eerily realistic—portrait of man being transformed into beast.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Playing in live games, in which the stakes are higher and the risk of injury looms greater, is a different beast.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Getting close enough to reach a sample, however, meant reaching into the mouth of the beast.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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

Neill’s penchant for the weird and abstract allowed him to use his unique features and distinct, gravelly voice to create characters who were as devilishly memorable as the beasts they went up against.

From Salon Jul. 17, 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

It may have been silly, but Shasta felt he had rather risk the wild beasts.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis




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