babel
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One of Babel’s “Red Cavalry” stories tells of Lyutov, a Jewish intellectual who rode with the Cossacks, as Babel did, trying to prove himself a man on their terms.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“The grocery store has become a Tower of Babel and consumers need to be linguists, scientists and mind readers to understand the many labels they see.”
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2024
Yossi Benayoun scored a hat-trick, while Peter Crouch and Ryan Babel both scored twice, with Steven Gerrard also on the scoresheet.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023
The Tower of Babel remained as incomplete as the Winchester Mystery House.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023
Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 3
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