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bean

[been] / bin /
NOUN
small hard pellet
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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

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

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

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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