babel

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Most recently, the cardinal held a conference called The Synodal Babel in Rome on the eve of the Pope's synod, or meeting of bishops, last month.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023

The Tower of Babel remained as incomplete as the Winchester Mystery House.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

But in times of crisis such as now, the General Assembly and Security Council turn into a Babel in which everybody distrusts everybody else and finding common words becomes impossible.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Ukraine's Babel online outlet quoted an unnamed source as saying a drone hit a building belonging to the FSB security service.

From Reuters • Sep. 3, 2023

No one now reads his scholarly disquisitions on the Tower of Babel, or on the Scribes and the Pharisees.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton