bean
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So it makes pain au chocolat and delicate tarts, but also strawberry mochi donuts or red bean bread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The researchers then engineered the bean gum to contain protegrin, an antimicrobial peptide capable of killing harmful bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Taco Bell’s Luxe Value Menu offers 10 items for $3 or less, including a spicy potato soft taco for $1.69 and a cheesy bean and rice burrito for $1.89.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
It’s another bean to consider in those actuarial tables.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
“It doesn’t matter which jelly bean did what,” saidFarooqi.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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But crushing all those beans also produced a river of cheap oil.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
You would also be relying on the restaurant management not to spill the beans — apologies once again for the pun — to regular customers and employees.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
But debris from the crash and soya beans scattered on the road from the lorry's load were found by officers, he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Elsewhere in Italy that means meatloaf; in cost-conscious Genoa, it means a combination of boiled green beans and potatoes, ground down and combined with cheese, eggs and fresh herbs, and then baked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
In other words, a fistful of beans does not become valuable simply because you paid a cow for them.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Yamamoto then promptly beaned the first batter he faced, loading the bases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
“When it happened, you don’t really know how bad it is,” said Angels outfielder Mickey Moniak, who was on first base when Ward was beaned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
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
Chase Burns took the mound and beaned his first hitter, Waldy Arias, who was forced to leave the game for concussion protocol.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
Remember when you beaned old Jack the rooster?
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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Texas Rep. Chip Roy likened it to the practice of intentional beaning in baseball.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2023
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
“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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