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as in judges
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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 beaks
For instance, Puerto Rican anole lizards have developed longer limbs and larger toe pads for city life, and house finches show adapted beaks.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The birds use their beaks to scoop up whatever comes their way.
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John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The birds unhinged their beaks as if to make a loud sound.
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Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
These long, narrow flowers match the shape of the birds’ slender beaks and extendable tongues.
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Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 May 2026
Those beaks tell a clear story about how these animals fed.
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Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
The Giant Octopus Fossil That Unlocked Everything The discovery is based on giant octopus fossil evidence — specifically, fossilized beaks (jaws), which are the only hard parts of an octopus’s body and the only parts likely to survive over millions of years.
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Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2026
Rocks that could potentially be hiding the beaks were first embedded in resin to hold them together and then ground layer by layer with every individual slice photographed along the way.
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Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
The birds use their beaks to scoop up whatever comes their way.
—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The birds unhinged their beaks as if to make a loud sound.
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Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
These long, narrow flowers match the shape of the birds’ slender beaks and extendable tongues.
—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 May 2026
Those beaks tell a clear story about how these animals fed.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2026
The Giant Octopus Fossil That Unlocked Everything The discovery is based on giant octopus fossil evidence — specifically, fossilized beaks (jaws), which are the only hard parts of an octopus’s body and the only parts likely to survive over millions of years.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2026
Rocks that could potentially be hiding the beaks were first embedded in resin to hold them together and then ground layer by layer with every individual slice photographed along the way.
—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaks
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Other players have covered their mouths while speaking to opponents during the World Cup, but a red card is only issued if the conversation occurs during a confrontation or heated exchange.
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What righty Cade Cavalli shouted at Willson Contreras drifted into the Boston night, fading just beyond the field’s ears and scarcely repeated by the mouths of those who heard.
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Ashley Hernandez, a Wilmington resident and organizer with the nonprofit Communities for a Better Environment, said bloody noses and noxious fumes were a regular part of life in the neighborhood growing up.
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If not for the enormous backlash—which included a conference lawsuit and threats of a boycott by other schools—the Red Raiders would have happily held their noses and competed for the national championship that eluded them last year.
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In at least four cases, judges have granted summary judgment in favor of Abbott — ruling for the company before the lawsuits reached trial.
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By the early twentieth century, lawyers and judges considered natural law to be irrelevant to the legal system, and the language all but disappeared from legal arguments and decisions.
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With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.
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Many hot weather dogs have longer snouts.
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Assembly Bill 46, carried by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, removes a legal standard that restricted courts’ ability to deny diversion.
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Walton had found his calling in the courts and lawyers, then as now, often dabbled in politics.
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Surfaces, like mudroom benches and floors, should be durable to contend with heavy traffic.
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The exchange escalated quickly, with both benches and bullpens emptying.
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“Beaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beaks. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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