tortoise
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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
"It's a very nice place to be. It's just something about the daylight and the peacefulness of it. The cats come with me and sometimes the tortoise as well."
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Jeff Bezos earlier this year signed into X to post a photo of a tortoise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
His outfit, an Off White hoodie and a fleece bucket hat with a tortoise on the front, is just as uplifting and whimsical as his attitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Everybody knows that, in the real world, Achilles would quickly run past the tortoise, but Zeno's argument seemed to prove that Achilles could never catch up.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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