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beef

[beef] / bif /




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But in the latter half of the 20th century, new research about the dangers of cholesterol and fat in beef began to shift consumer tides toward leaner proteins.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

President Donald Trump has some beef with the price of beef.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

To keep up with the portions of protein her customers order, Singletary, who opened Urban Comfort Foods in October, has switched to a different distributor for beef and lamb.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Three pounds of A5 strip steak go for $349 at Costco, which sells the beef in some stores and online.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Each dog got a large bowl with beef heart and commercial dog food mixed with warm water.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

While the rapper born Jermaine Lamarr Cole and raised in Fayetteville, N.C., has participated in his share of public beefs, he has never acted like he had all the answers.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

A large portion of this is because the hip-hop industry has mistreated Megan with exploitative record deals, beefs with rappers and the spread of misinformation online.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2024

You may not typically think of WordPress, the blogging platform turned ubiquitous content management system, as a workplace rife with corporate drama, or as an instigator of petty public beefs.

From Slate Oct. 11, 2024

Drake had other beefs with other performers, like Meek Mill in 2015, and most infamously Pusha T in 2018, where the latter rapper dropped “The Story of Adidon,” revealing Drake is a father.

From Seattle Times May 7, 2024

In my lunch group, we dissected whatever had gone on that morning at school, any beefs we had with teachers, any assignments that struck us as useless.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

But Bessent’s image of immigrants smuggling their infected beeves across the border is transparent fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2025

He described it as “a few hundred acres of dirt, some clusters of old barns and outbuildings… a few beeves and hogs or a flock of sheep.”

From Salon Oct. 18, 2012

The Grand Championship prize for best of baby beeves went to an Aberdeen-Angus.

From Time Magazine Archive

None of these prize beeves has yet offered the Angel a bout, but if he mops up the rest of the herd, the champs may have to face him or quit.

From Time Magazine Archive

But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

To what extent will the No 10 operation be beefed up, and how much clout will No 10 North, Burnham's office in Manchester, have?

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Trackers have really evolved, and beefed up on artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

James Monroe and Andrew Jackson beefed up and refurbished the White House.

From Slate May 18, 2026

The rest of the city also saw a beefed up police presence, with offices, businesses and schools braced for shutdown orders.

From Barron's Apr. 21, 2026

This tally of instruments, occasionally beefed up by timpani and trumpets, was the template for the classical orchestra as used by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and their contemporaries.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Takaichi has also accelerated a beefing up of Japan's military capabilities as its sheds its strict pacifist stance in place since the war.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been beefing up Tokyo’s armed forces with new weapons and capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

His remarks come amid Germany beefing up its military capacity in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

From Barron's May 16, 2026

Bass wants to address the problem by beefing up social services within the program.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

It’s not that he was beefing with our father or that they didn’t get along—I take that back.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds




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