beast
Example Sentences
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A trap meant to capture a bear that’s been under an Altadena home for a month was sprung but was triggered by the wrong beast.
From Los Angeles Times
“We often talk about the $30 trillion American economy being a dynamic and resilient beast, and the gross domestic product data for the third quarter was no exception,” said Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM.
That year an unusual form of the influenza B virus started circulating and the 'beast from the east' cold snap bought freezing temperatures to the UK, creating the ideal environment for the disease to spread.
From BBC
In one scene, there are glimpses of a bullish, noisy beast through the summer leaves.
From BBC
"A quantum internet is a very different beast from current nascent cryptographic applications. It's the same primary mechanism but you need significantly more photons -- more bandwidth -- to connect quantum computers," said Professor Devitt.
From Science Daily
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