U.K.
abbreviation
United Kingdom.
U.K.
Americanabbreviation
UK
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British
abbreviation
uk
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British
abbreviation
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What Grace says at the top of that summit regarding the U.K. and Russia, if you didn’t know what was going on behind the scenes, it would seem reasonable and strategic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Earlier this week, the president shared footage featuring the last moments of a man who was killed by a tiger in a U.K. zoo.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
The U.K. has felt the first round of inflationary impact from war in the Middle East in higher energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
But higher energy prices and long-term interest rates would weigh on U.K. consumption and investment next year, it noted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
In late 1942, some officers had talked about recruiting her and her team to work with the U.K. on “outstanding problems”—which perhaps included Enigma.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
The study was led by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the UK Dementia Research Institute, who investigated how changes in the brain relate to declining cognitive abilities later in life.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
This will allow deeper low pressure systems to affect more parts of the UK marking a shift to a more widespread wetter and windier weather.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Typically in autumn the jet stream would be a regular visitor to the skies above the UK, steering wet and windy weather towards us.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
His first album and single were both UK number ones, while his record Harry's House won a Grammy and a Brit Award after its release in 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
“She got a UK phone, with a different number.”
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
The trial heard his internet history showed he had looked up news reporting of the 2004 trial - and then he searched "wrongly convicted cases uk".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Take a look at this uk series: it's brilliant.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2015
A friend told me when shes goes back home to poland nearly all her friends have moved away more in the uk.
From Economist ● Apr. 8, 2013
Head of Climate Change Policy and Campaigns rspb. based at rspb, uk headquarters, sandy. £35,000 to £40,000 pa.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2010
Other countries represented with domains include: au Australia ca Canada fr France uk The United Kingdom.
From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe
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