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
Arabica, the smoother bean used in many premium coffees, was also hurt by Brazil’s weather problems.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
This is also where marinated beans diverge from bean salad, at least in my personal taxonomy.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
I stroll through aisles of bean soup, almond butter, and other foods I don’t like until we get to the produce section.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
Clark delivered a scathing blow against Boeing, suggesting that the first ten 777X jets—which have already been built—should be scrapped and turned into cans for baked beans, in comments to the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Everyone has a different jar of jelly beans with which to make their calculations.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Part of it has to do with the simultaneous leaps in quality, availability and marketing of certain shelf-stable standards: good tinned fish, squeeze-bottle olive oil, dried beans with their very own fan clubs.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
His recipe in the competition excluded beans but doubled up on onions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
He and Mama were very independent on the farm, raising just about everything our family needed to eat: beans, greens, peas, potatoes, corn, wheat, apples, grapes.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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
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
I look behind me, half expecting to see a sniggering back-row guy who beaned me with an eraser.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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
His major league career was over, but it now included more than just a beaning.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2018
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
