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babel

[bab-uhl, bah-byil] / ˈbæb əl, ˈbɑ byɪl /


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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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