babel
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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
It would be a little bit of a tower of Babel, with different astronomers saying different things.
From Salon • Mar. 3, 2025
Most recently, the cardinal held a conference called The Synodal Babel in Rome on the eve of the Pope's synod, or meeting of bishops, last month.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023
One publication, Babel, cited an unidentified 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
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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