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ambo

[am-boh] / ˈæm boʊ /
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There is also an entirely new "ambo" team that has been created to care for the patients who can't even get into the corridors.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2023

Claire Fraser is the senior sister heading the day's "ambo" team.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2023

When an ambo is played for, the same two numbers may be played as single numbers, either al posto or senza posto, and in such case one of the numbers alone may win.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various

And Seward and Blair, who owe their position to their anti-slavery principles, arcades ambo, try now to save something of slavery, and turn against Stanton.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count

The ambo constructed by Justinian in the Church of St. Sophia was destroyed by an earthquake.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

I awoke up surrounded by police and ambos, concerned flatmates.

From The Guardian Mar. 19, 2019

The pulpits and ambos chosen for the illustrations in this issue of The Brochures are mainly interesting for their wonderful mosaic decorations which are among the finest of their kind which have ever been executed.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various

Its two ambos stand on each side of the raised portion of the floor which corresponds to the choir in the Basilica of Honorius.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various

"And—and"—here he hesitated, and his voice shook and trembled with the most intense and heart—crushing emotion—"y una mas cara que ambos?"

From Tom Cringle's Log by Michael Scott

The pavement as well as the work upon these two ambos is in the style of the Cosmati.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various




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