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abed

[uh-bed] / əˈbɛd /


ADJECTIVE
sleeping
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Antonyms


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"The main thing is security from settlers. That's why we need new faces, young people willing to fight for our rights," said Abed Jabaieh, 68, former mayor of Ramun village.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Roundup claims is a decisive step toward containing the long-running litigation and its financial fallout, MWB Research analyst Abed Jarad writes in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

"Abed loved journalism and held it in high esteem because it documents the truth," his father Samir Shaath told AFP, using his dead son's nickname.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

It may sound like a small number, but it is a loss the village can ill afford, said Father Jack-Nobel Abed of Taybeh’s Greek Melkite Catholic Church.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Abed, the walls pressed close and the ceiling hung heavy above him; abed, the room was his cell, and Winterfell his prison.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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