as in complained
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
he tends to stand around and beef for hours about any slight, real or imagined
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In an Instagram post on Thursday, Alex O'Keefe said he was put in handcuffs and removed from the train to Connecticut after a White woman complained to a conductor about the way O'Keefe, a Black man, was sitting.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025 -
Medical associations and healthcare employers had complained that the fee was prohibitively high for a sector that is already facing labor shortages, especially in rural areas.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Zanni screamed as if sounding an alarm.—
Domenico Starnone,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2025
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Mayra said her daughter, who was outside the facility at the time in case she got detained, screamed and ran for cover.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Beefed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beefed. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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