babel
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It would be a little bit of a tower of Babel, with different astronomers saying different things.
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2025
One publication, Babel, cited an unnamed source who said Budanova had been in hospital, and was finishing a course of treatment for the effects of the poisoning.
From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2023
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
Biblical writers saw the magnificent, 270-foot-high Tower of Babel as an emblem of man’s arrogance in trying to reach heaven.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
Vocabulary lists containing babel
Tolkien Reading Day, List 3
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The Fellowship of the Ring
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