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Noun (2)
when we were lads, we raced our toy boats in the narrow beck that bordered the lane
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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2024
Although Le Majestic has everything at your beck and call, the city of Cannes is magical.
—Martie Bowser, Essence, 16 May 2024
As Season Three begins, Ava has found a successful niche as a writer on a Last Week Tonight-esque topical comedy show, and things are going well with actress girlfriend Ruby (Lorenza Izzo) now that Ava has grown up ever so slightly, and no longer has to be at Deborah’s beck and call.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
Punishment for not showing up for a call-back or a missing bottle may include having take-home doses reduced or rescinded entirely, leaving patients constantly at their clinics’ beck and call.
—Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Besides working the land, cooking for themselves and their overseers, and being at Jenkins' beck and call, historic preservationist Karen Nance explains that the enslaved people also built the Jenkins home, brick by brick.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2024
Although Le Majestic has everything at your beck and call, the city of Cannes is magical.
—Martie Bowser, Essence, 16 May 2024
As Season Three begins, Ava has found a successful niche as a writer on a Last Week Tonight-esque topical comedy show, and things are going well with actress girlfriend Ruby (Lorenza Izzo) now that Ava has grown up ever so slightly, and no longer has to be at Deborah’s beck and call.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
Punishment for not showing up for a call-back or a missing bottle may include having take-home doses reduced or rescinded entirely, leaving patients constantly at their clinics’ beck and call.
—Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Beck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beck. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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