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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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Wilder later oversaw Bush’s 2008 Beijing Olympics visit—what he calls “sheer hell,” a logistical beast involving not just Bush but his father, former President George H.W.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The answer to keep feeding the AI beast: upgrade the power grid and incorporate renewable energy sources.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

It wasn’t his first encounter with a beast that has become the Heartland’s most vicious invader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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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