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The opening goal against Panama (below) was a little masterpiece of organised chaos, with Diaz darting around the back, Matheus Uribe trying to block defenders and three beanpoles — Sanchez, Cordoba, Cuesta — arriving like a crashing wave over the six-yard line.—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 14 July 2024 Elfman, of course, composed the score and original songs for the film and provides the singing voice of its main character Jack Skellington, while Chris Sarandon provides the beanpole skeleton’s speaking voice.—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Its beanpole of a body was bandaged in blue khadags (prayer scarves), its stony mound of a base littered with vodka bottles and the occasional skull of a dead animal.—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 Barbara Mullen, who vaulted from a job in a New York beauty parlor to the pinnacle of the genteel modeling world of the 1950s, despite a beanpole figure and a gaptoothed smile that defied the narrow beauty standards of the day, died on Sept. 12 at her home in Albuquerque.—Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for beanpole
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