babel
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“The grocery store has become a Tower of Babel and consumers need to be linguists, scientists and mind readers to understand the many labels they see.”
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2024
Marianna Budanova was taken to hospital after feeling unwell for a "prolonged period of time", news website Babel said, quoting intelligence officials.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 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
Black person to black person, and neither could understand the other—the Tower of Babel.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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