beast
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With 19 policymakers, it is difficult to make progress given diverse individual perspectives, strongly held views and the challenge of reforming such a complicated beast.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The beast and the retired command sergeant major know each other better than they know anyone else, and they don’t particularly need anyone else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
And so, on a late morning in late August, I buzzed the seventh floor and rode the elevator straight into the belly of the beast.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Just a beast on the field,” added defensive tackle Floyd Boucard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
I was cornered: Turkey Vulture below me, and some kind of horrible tree-hopping forest beast above!
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
“No truth appears to me more evident,” David Hume declared in 1739, “than that beasts are endowed with thought and reason as well as men.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He has won every election by a landslide, slayed the dragons, corraled the wild beasts and brought peace, tranquility and a great economy to his kingdom.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The bears "are in the wrong place. They are wild beasts; they are not pets for us to be able to say that we live together," the 53-year-old graphic designer said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Instead of a budget rampaging out of control, it’s the beasts themselves, particularly Irene, a stunning creation that resembles a glop of marmalade with eyeballs bubbling up to the surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The sea overflowed with water from the Starry River of the Sky and churned with monstrous beasts.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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"The Second Coming," Vocabulary from the poem by W.B. Yeats
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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