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being

[bee-ing] / ˈbi ɪŋ /




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And a third client chose to plead guilty in his criminal case rather than go to jury trial, despite Barraza’s advice that the case was worth fighting, for fear of being arrested by ICE.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

While Holmes comes across as very evasive and very bad at hiding it, though, Mr. Evans proves strong competition for being the strangest person here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“It was megaphones from before we started until after we left. You couldn’t get through a single testimony—including from families in Gaza—without being disrupted by these chants.”

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Morais recalled being like "a rabbit in the headlights" surrounded by all the stars of the show, but was also worrying about who was going to cover her shift at a cinema in London.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

He snorted, like it was me being ridiculous, and shuffled back into the shop.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

"I say shame on you for not caring about other human beings," Long said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

"We always have the possibility that there's going to be a mistake made when human beings are involved in executions," said Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The answer, in the end, was by breaking his lifelong conditioning, contradicting one of the main qualifications of heroic worthiness established by a council of powerful beings most people aren’t even aware exists.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Since the 1980s, psychologist and MIT professor Sherry Turkle has been warning that modern technology is scrambling our ability to live in the real world and feel empathy for fellow human beings.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

He doubted that the universe was created to provide a home for human beings any more than a palace is built for rats to live in.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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