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as in judge
chiefly British
a public official having authority to decide questions of law
received a stiff sentence from one of the harshest beaks in all of London
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Recent Examples of beak
With their shaggy throat feathers and long, hefty beaks, ravens are noticeably larger than crows, which have shorter, slimmer bills.
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Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
Until now, that mechanism was believed to serve one main purpose: to get a lot of pollen onto the bird's beak.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
The catcher is near the whale’s rostrum–near its beak, snout, and vertebrae.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
Dicynodonts were herbivorous animals characterized by turtle-like beaks and walrus-like tusks.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024
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Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
Until now, that mechanism was believed to serve one main purpose: to get a lot of pollen onto the bird's beak.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
The catcher is near the whale’s rostrum–near its beak, snout, and vertebrae.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
Dicynodonts were herbivorous animals characterized by turtle-like beaks and walrus-like tusks.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024
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Until recently, this (and chewing with your mouth open) would have been the easy picks for the most annoying behaviors my kids do.Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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This is because of its ‘scrubbing bubbles’ and high acidity, which cleanse your mouth between bites of food.Liz Thach, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The post also reportedly included pics of Pepper snuggling in bed with her, clearly worse for the wear as evidenced by a red mark on the dog’s snout where the snake struck.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
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The catcher is near the whale’s rostrum–near its beak, snout, and vertebrae.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jonathan Hein, who became the third judge on the case in May, said he was done waiting for attorneys to reach an agreement related to the death penalty.Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Stamper has said footage taken just before the shooting shows Stines using his own phone to make a call, then using the judge's phone to make a call.Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
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The team identified the genomic variation by extracting DNA from the Well-man’s mandible, the lower part of the jaw.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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There were 451 bones at the site, and some of these included mandibles with molars, which are good at preserving relatively intact DNA.Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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Here was a great chasm of inequality right before their noses and somehow many Democrats didn’t see it.David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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This time, a man wearing a gaiter that covered his nose and mouth was accompanied by three other individuals who appeared intimidating to Raimi.Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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The intrigue: As the saga has played out in the headlines and the court of public opinion, MetroHealth used Boutros' repayment of the $1.9 million, plus interest, as evidence of his wrongdoing.Sam Allard, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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Third-party candidates played a minimal role in the Detroit vote: Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate who tried to court voters disillusioned with the Biden administration's approach to the war in Gaza, received just under 2,000 votes.Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
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The vehicle paused and a muzzle flash could be seen.Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
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There is no obvious muzzle flash and no sound, only figures appearing to scatter at the same time.Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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Lower-Third Ridge Benches Similarly, lower-third benches are important, too.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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On Wednesday, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the state and its officials cannot take arbitrary action against suspects or convicts without following the due process of law.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Beak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beak. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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