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as in head
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth
he tried to duck, but the pitch still hit him squarely on the bean
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as in juice
beans plural
active strength of body or mind
nine-year-old twins who are full of beans
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as in nuts
beans plural
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
I know something about gardening, and you're full of beans
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as in whit
beans plural
the smallest amount or part imaginable
had trouble finding a job because he didn't know beans about computers
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as in to brain
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Recent Examples of bean
Alexandria Nyembwe, Health, 7 Nov. 2025
For them, Atlas Coffee’s (one of our favorite whole bean coffee subscriptions) first-ever K-Cups will greatly improve their morning coffee.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Many get beaned by water balloon-wielding children.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 24 July 2024
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Noun
Both include lots of fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, and seeds, as well as moderate amounts of fish, chicken, dairy, and whole grains.
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Her trance is rudely broken when Elliott beans the suffering animal with a tire iron, putting it out of its misery—maybe.
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Several districts in Kyiv were hit in the attack and an emergency medical aid worker was among those killed, according to Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko.—
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
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The meat will release its juices and then brown while the juices nearly evaporate.—
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Diets like very low-calorie plans, carnivore diets, juice cleanses, single-food diets, and very low-fat diets are generally ineffective.—
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The next slide showed a mouthwatering array of meats, cheeses, crudite and nuts set for snacking on, along with bottles of Haack's champagne line, Clé Cachée, chilling behind an array of glasses.—
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For instance, nuts, seeds, nut butters, and chocolate are more prone to oxidation, which can lead to rancid flavors or a gritty texture.—
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Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.—
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Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.—
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Koffman said people who carry risk factors for cognitive decline or who are particularly concerned about their brain health should speak with their primary care doctors, who can refer them to brain health specialists, like a neurologist.—
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The data came from the Human Connectome Project, an existing database that studies brain connectivity.—
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He was tagged and pictured holding a skull on the group page, ABC 6 reported.—
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Investigators later searched the Ephrata home and storage unit of Jonathan Christ Gerlach, 34, and reported finding more than 100 human skulls, long bones, mummified hands and feet, two decomposing torsos and other skeletal items.—
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Add the tomatoes, vinegar, salt and black pepper.—
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Using vinegar for cleaning can help keep mice away in the short-term.—
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In one image—a favorite of mine—a man lies on an expanse of sand, cradling a smiling child, whose drool is pooling on the man’s shirtless chest.—
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Lotte looks down at drips of drool on the green rubber mat that covers her desk.—
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“Bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bean. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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