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[ey-buhl] / ˈeɪ bəl /




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By storing blood in two battalion chief vehicles, paramedics are able to begin transfusions at the scene of a severe bleeding emergency instead of having to wait until the victim arrives at a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Being able to listen to various attempts as the band and producer George Martin build “I’m Looking Through You” from the ground up, for example, is a wonder to behold.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

“Finally we were able to complete the objective.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Citigroup’s institutional clients will be able to accept payments in stablecoin, which Coinbase’s blockchain will convert to government-issued currency.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

One of them asks the group what happens when they are victorious and are actually able to vote without fear of retaliation.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Rothbard blamed Smith’s celebrity for blotting out the better work of abler minds, but Turgot had kept his genius mainly to himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Jimmy Carter was one of the abler residents, in his mid-seventies—too able for tracing letters.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2018

This leaves the real study of real economics, in the real world, wide open for abler minds.

From Forbes ● Apr. 17, 2015

He is sure that Harvard can accomplish that mission only by securing abler men.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Getting Lemoncello to cancel these so-called Olympic Games? Couldn’t have done it in an abler manner myself.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Cox proved to be Young’s ablest intelligence gatherer, even if the occasional bribes she endorsed put her agents at needless risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s chief Supreme Court lawyer, is widely considered one of the ablest high-court advocates.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, he described Ms Sturgeon as being "one of the ablest communicators in politics".

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2023

In September 1948, a State Department report portrayed Ho as "the strongest and perhaps the ablest figure in Indochina," and said that "any suggested solution which excludes him is an expedient of uncertain outcome."

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022

Antmoos held off; so did Eurymakhos, suitors in chief, by far the ablest there.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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