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bah

American  
[bah, ba] / bɑ, bæ /

interjection

  1. (an exclamation of contempt or annoyance).

    Bah! Humbug!


bah British  
/ bɑː, bæ /

interjection

  1. an expression of contempt or disgust

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Booz Allen BAH 1.57%increase; green up pointing triangle Hamilton cut its outlook for the year after posting lower profit and revenue in its fiscal second quarter, hurt by a continued slowdown in funding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Unfortunately, BAH is not keeping pace with inflation.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

“We’ll probably be here two or three years, so that could be $20,000 that we’re paying out of pocket above BAH just for rent,” Martin said last month.

From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2022

Lasers have progressed quickly, and the Navy is already arming destroyers; BAH is working on technical methods of increasing high-power input to propel 100-kilowatt lasers.

From Fox News • May 27, 2020

BAH, bah, black sheep, Have you any wool?

From The Nursery Rhyme Book by Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie)

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