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
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
“They are evil but they’re also awesome. And people have held that contradiction about cats since the dawn of time,” said L.A. street artist Rabi.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024
“An enormous ball of fire,” said Rabi, “which grew and grew and it rolled as it grew.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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