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bean

[been] / bin /
NOUN
small hard pellet
Synonyms


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It’s another bean to consider in those actuarial tables.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

Touzet said the coffee business would increase prices if bean costs rise, but cut them if costs fall.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Robusta, the cheaper and more bitter bean often used in instant coffee and espresso blends, was especially squeezed by poor weather in Vietnam.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

In my bean salads, acid tends to take center stage.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

As the first bean sprouts grew larger, more and more popped up through the sand, each one inching up toward the sky.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

"They like green beans but not by themselves, so we just fry them in a little bit of butter and dip in breadcrumbs. The same with cauliflower and lots of other vegetables," she says.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Everyone has a different jar of jelly beans with which to make their calculations.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

It’s excellent served in a bowl as a snack, but it’s also very good scattered over whipped ricotta, tomato soup, marinated beans, roasted vegetables or a big Caesar-ish salad.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

A Comerica employee, near the end of the session, asked the chief if he prefers chili with beans or without.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

She knew some famous American foods had molasses in them, like baked beans and gingerbread.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis

Yamamoto then promptly beaned the first batter he faced, loading the bases.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

Young pitcher Chase Silseth accidentally was beaned on a cross-diamond throw in a game and went on the concussion list.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2023

Angels: 3B Phil Gosselin was in the lineup after leaving Saturday’s game when he was beaned in the third inning.

From Seattle Times Jul. 31, 2022

David Fletcher, who entered in the third after Phil Gosselin was beaned, lined a two-run double to the left-field wall with one out to bring Los Angeles within 7-6.

From Washington Times Jul. 31, 2022

If you got up too fast, you were likely to get beaned by beans or potted by a pot roast.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

WACO, Texas — A Little League batter rose from a beaning to console the upset pitcher in a dramatic scene at a Little League regional tournament game Tuesday in Waco, Texas.

From Washington Times Aug. 9, 2022

Cabrera sent a note of apology to Harper on Thursday saying the beaning was unintentional.

From Seattle Times Apr. 30, 2021

There were so many people crowded around the first green that he feared beaning someone.

From Golf Digest Apr. 2, 2017

We can probably expect one of these big troll vetoes just to settle the score, like a pitcher beaning a hitter.

From Slate Nov. 15, 2016

“Breakfast!” he hollered as he coasted by, beaning her on the forehead with a plastic-wrapped muffin.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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