beamish

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Recent Examples of beamish That’s not the fault of the beamish, resourceful Ross, who, as a recent Evan Hansen, has experience portraying liars. Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beamish
Adjective
  • Even moderately keen cornering produces body roll and would bring doubtless admonition from the rear seats.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
  • And the all-boffo, all-the-time production is exhausting (which is doubtless why the rare quiet moments stand out).
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
Adjective
  • But Roselli says one thing’s for sure: More than one person was involved in their disappearance.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
  • There is a fear that this settlement will ultimately lead to a dramatic reduction in spots available, although no one knows for sure.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Good teams feel confident regardless of the day’s starting pitcher.
    Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Many others have noted how comfortable these same people who are cracking down on antisemitism are with Nazis—real, frighteningly confident antisemites.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Stamford Bridge has not had a positive atmosphere for a game like this since before Christmas.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • These allergic symptoms—combined with a history of tick bites and a positive blood test for IgE—lead to a diagnosis.
    Julia Ries, Health, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Rest assured, though: Getting inside the heads of Hollywood honchos hasn’t made Rogen more sympathetic to them.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Rest assured, the zaniness leads to a solution — several, in fact.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Back-to-back baskets by DeRozan sparked a decisive 9-0 run that put the Kings up 122-112 with 2:17 to play.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Under no pressure, Robinson is able to find Iwobi’s run behind the defence, and this attack leads to the corner from which Fulham scored their decisive third goal.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But the Dolphins also are bullish on several other players in Starks’ draft range, and taking a defensive or offensive lineman or cornerback at 13 would seem more pressing after how free agency has played out.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
  • One is that the group is bullish on oil demand later in the year, putting it firmly in the minority as investor outlooks sour and fears of a global slowdown worsen.
    Natasha Turak, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But its guiding principle this time is not idealism but realism, with an unhesitating embrace of national interests and increased recourse to power politics.
    Sarang Shidore, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Proulx is an unhesitating observer of people and places, neither idealizing nor villainizing, but her acuity depends on a certain distance.
    Michelle Nijhuis, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023

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“Beamish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beamish. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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