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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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Entertaining can feel like a different beast entirely.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

Clark said SpaceX may one day justify such a valuation but "momentum, euphoria, and hype is a fickle beast, and this market is out of line across many stocks for now."

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Spectators sat transfixed in Courtroom One of the Ronald V. Dellums federal courthouse as witnesses painted a world of robots that can solve Rubik’s Cubes, eye-popping fortunes and worries over possibly unleashing a doomsday beast.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

When comparing the two systems, he says a tokamak is a "beast" while the stellarator is a "little cat".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Though we only had a packet of cherry paste and a tea tray as merchandise, I relieved the beast of the travel supplies and our personal items.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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