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Drones, a swift water team, cadaver dogs and GoPros punctured the peace in the tranquil and majestic mountains and triggered a closure of the Enchantments, an area popular for backcountry hiking and camping, as law enforcement scoured the forest for any signs of the bearded Army veteran.—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025 The confusion peaked in 2019 when users on X began realizing the bearded figure wasn't Galifianakis, whose breakout role in The Hangover came decades later, but Redford at age 35.—Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 Among those not joining the bearded bandwagon?—Colin Meyn, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025 Since coming to Philadelphia in 2022, the bearded DH is second in the majors in home runs and third in RBIs.—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bearded
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of bearded was
before the 12th century
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