beast
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Playing in live games, in which the stakes are higher and the risk of injury looms greater, is a different beast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
If a beast was unruly enough, a Customs agent wouldn’t want to root around in the box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
While he has been successful with Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia, you cannot really compare that to working in the Premier League, which is a completely different beast.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
That made its giant beast gods feel real too, along with their snarling rage against annihilation.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Jeremy wondered just how smart the beast was going to get.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Homeowners spend thousands to ward off the pantry-raiding, toothpaste-sniffing beasts, exposing a rift among volunteer groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Their work is a cultural bridge much like Ashitaka’s effort to bring the worlds of beasts and men together for a common cause, depicting what Miyazaki sees as one of humanism’s central conundrums.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 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
Camels with "a bit of fire in them" raced in a remote Australian outback town this weekend at an annual event celebrating the desert beasts first imported in the mid-19th century.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Nothing ever rode the Gytrash: it was always alone; and goblins, to my notions, though they might tenant the dumb carcasses of beasts, could scarce covet shelter in the commonplace human form.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing beast
"On the Menu" and "Find the Adaptations"
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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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