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tortoise

[tawr-tuhs] / ˈtɔr təs /


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That motto, and the company’s approach, has led some to call Blue Origin the tortoise to SpaceX’s hare.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

O'Farrell shows me where she writes, taking me down her garden, "my commute to work," past a treehouse and a run for the rescue tortoise, to her glass-framed studio.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

But the ICE raids and the council’s indifference to residents angered Becerra, who looks every bit the profe with a perfectly shaved head and tortoise shell glasses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Jeff Bezos earlier this year signed into X to post a photo of a tortoise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The third years emerged from Transfiguration at lunchtime on Monday, limp and ashen-faced, comparing results and bemoaning the difficulty of the tasks they had been set, which had included turning a teapot into a tortoise.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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