bireme
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Bitcoin believers and Saylor feel his moves to amass crypto will eventually pay massive dividends, but some investors, like Ryan Ballentine of Bireme Capital, are shorting MicroStrategy stock.
From Washington Post
Five police officers were among the 11 dead, said Chad's Minister of Territory and Public Security, Abderahim Bireme Hamid.
From Los Angeles Times
It was not many minutes before the little vessel had become a Phœnician bireme with a huge, brown mainsail hanging loosely on the mast, and barely visible oars churning the water on each side with hasty vigor.
From Project Gutenberg
A military boat called the "bireme" came into use in Greece about six or seven centuries before Christ.
From Project Gutenberg
It is probable that the Greeks did not originate the bireme, but borrowed the idea from the Phœnicians or possibly from Egypt.
From Project Gutenberg
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