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“This lexicon gives a humorous and precise overview of the most important words and phrases of politically correct newspeak,” the back cover of Klaus Rainer Röhl’s Politisch Korrekt von A bis Z from 1995 promises.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2025
Cospito, 55, is an Italian anarchist who has been on a hunger strike for more than 100 days to protest against being jailed under the strict "41 bis" isolation regime.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2023
He fluffs his chip up, which comes back towards bis feet.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2022
The outside of the house, at 5 bis Rue de Verneuil in Paris, is another story.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2016
When his bowels were empty, Tyrion slipped on a bedrobe and roughed bis thin flaxen hair with his fingers, all the more to look as if he had wakened from sleep.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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