Urdu: spring crop, from Arabic rabī` spring
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The national anthem played as RSP's president Rabi Lamichhane and soon-to-be prime minister Shah stood next to each other, before the parliamentarians were sworn in.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
"Our life has stalled. Nothing is moving anymore," says Rabi Das.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
Rabi at the 1954 hearing convened to consider stripping J. Robert Oppenheimer of his security clearance because of his opposition to developing the hydrogen bomb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
In the 1930s, physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, who would go on to the Nobel Prize in Physics, did pioneering work on microwaves that led to the development of airborne radar systems.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
In that role, Rabi strove to present a reasoned counterbalance to Strauss’s unrelenting opposition to a test ban.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
This last has comprised cooked potatoes, raw artichokes, mangolds, kohl rabi, swedes, cabbages, etc., during the winter months, and grass, lucerne, clover, vetches, cole seed, etc., during the summer months.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Spencer, Sanders
Crops such as wheat which are cut in spring are called rabi crops.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
The Spanish appeared to be rabi, meaning rabies, and horcar, to hang.
From Tales of Fishes by Grey, Zane
When this is eaten up, green food is given, consisting of cabbages, from October to December, kohl rabi till February, and mangold till grass time, with a view to nicety of flavor.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert
He used, to some extent, cabbages, kohl rabi, mangolds, shorts, and other substances, rich in the constituents of cheese and butter.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert
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