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[bee-fee] / ˈbi fi /


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When a beefy bad guy who was about to squish a normal-sized good guy received a crippling blow to the scrotum, I laughed.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

In that spirit, Nissan plans to start selling in China a beefy off-road SUV called the Terrano within two years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

At the start of this year, beefy pickups and SUVs were back in favor on Wall Street.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

The first person we visited in Slovyansk was Oleh Tkachenko, a beefy middle-aged pastor who has built up a remarkable relief operation.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

He was a beefy guy with curly black hair and eyes that didn’t quite line up straight, so Hazel felt like the world was leaning whenever she looked at him.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

That means they skirt the border of being objects called brown dwarfs, which are beefier than proper planets but don’t have quite enough oomph to ignite nuclear fusion in their cores to become true stars.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 6, 2023

An urgency to move away from fossil fuels is leading to a rush - particularly in Europe - for bigger and beefier heat pump systems that can power entire towns.

From BBC ● May 29, 2023

Although transportation issues remain and some plant breeders still strive for smaller varieties, consumers are gravitating toward a beefier look, and a more informal, natural ambiance in their gardens.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023

The beefier Wildcats scored 30 points in the paint and made it tough for the Trojans to get into any kind of offensive rhythm.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

There was the fact that they were an unusually big and athletic bunch, averaging 190 pounds, beefier and stronger on average than the juniors and seniors.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Electric versions of the industry’s beefiest SUVs and pickups are stark embodiments of America’s EV reckoning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Those figures could double with the beefiest new pickups coming to the U.S. in the next 12 months, including the 8,000-pound Chevy Silverado and the steel-plated Tesla Cybertruck, weight unknown.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

In Pennsylvania, John Fetterman rose to prominence as the biggest, beefiest lieutenant governor the land had ever seen.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2022

Don’t look now, but the USB-C connector is evolving under your nose — soon, it’ll carry 240W of electricity, more than double its previous limit and enough to power all but the beefiest laptops.

From The Verge ● Aug. 2, 2022

When we reached the beach, they told me to put my arms at my sides, and the beefiest guy grabbed two rolls of duct tape from the sand.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green


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