bean
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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
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"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
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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
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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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