babel

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Sir Peter Bazalgette argues that they're needed more than ever in our AI age to serve as "a gold standard of trusted news for our democracy, amid the online Tower of Babel."

From BBC • May 13, 2025

“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

The Tower of Babel remained as incomplete as the Winchester Mystery House.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

But in times of crisis such as now, the General Assembly and Security Council turn into a Babel in which everybody distrusts everybody else and finding common words becomes impossible.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

I often found myself among pilgrims, men and women both rich and humble, speaking many languages like the builders of Babel.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein