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beasties

noun

plural of beastie

as in animals

one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings I've become used to sharing our cabin in the woods with all sorts of little beasties

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Recent Examples of beasties Greg and Denise are having some marital issues, but everybody needs to put other concerns aside to stay alive with nasty raptors and other hungry beasties around. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 And when that happens, astronomers will set about studying these new beasties with other eyes on the sky to learn more about them and hopefully understand them. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026 There be beasties beyond US Route 93, bigger than my vision could handle. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026 My bathtub seems to be a place these cute beasties like to hang out. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026 Abby’s Magical Beasties, where one of the beasties goes missing, and Abby must problem-solve. — Sarah Scott, Parents, 3 Nov. 2025 In a horrific twist, Kasumi (Kana Hanazawa) wakes up way too early — and thus has to battle the ferocious beasties to survive. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025

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The body itself was badly decomposed after spending an unknown amount of time exposed to the elements, with animals, bugs and rain, plus 50 years in storage.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Because the existing hole was too small, crews used a saw to cut a larger opening and lowered a ladder inside to give the animals an easy way out.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

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