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beast

[beest] / bist /


NOUN
coarse, crude, or cruel person
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His growth spurt was something to see, from a diminutive attacker to a beast at 6ft 4in.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 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

“I’m using the beast to beat the beast,” said Baker, who lives close to where a data center is planned in Mt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The beast shook as he transformed himself back and forth between his goatherd self and the grotesque form of the fiendish chupacabras.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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