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beefs

  • plural of beef.
  • present tense form of beef (3rd person singular).

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American business and Silicon Valley, in particular, are littered with classic beefs fueled by ambition, greed and green-eyed jealousy: the late Steve Jobs vs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Released in January, "Hiss" set the tone and standard for rap beefs and diss tracks to come later in the year.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

He hasn’t lost the scorched-earth spirit of beefs with Drake but now puts that venom in the full widescreen scope of his life and work.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

You may not typically think of WordPress, the blogging platform turned ubiquitous content management system, as a workplace rife with corporate drama, or as an instigator of petty public beefs.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2024

In my lunch group, we dissected whatever had gone on that morning at school, any beefs we had with teachers, any assignments that struck us as useless.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama