B&B
1 Americanabbreviation
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More recently, the character opened a B&B and had several romances.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Last year, he emerged as winner on Four in a Bed, where B&B owners compete against each other to be named best host.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The herb garden remains unplanted, and Lindsay’s vague plans for a “bespoke” B&B are on permanent hold, as are Josh’s musical aspirations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
I followed a small road into the tree-covered village of Bise, where I found B&B Pastoral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Her destination: the Secret Garden B&B, forty-two bucks a night.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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"You’re up against a computer system that says A is B and B is C."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
In other words, knowing that A usually beats B, and B usually beats C, gives you almost no information about whether A will usually beat C or vice versa.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023
David Nanney, the founder of the Haines John Muir Association and operator of the Chilkat Eagle B and B, collected me at the ferry terminal.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2018
Under approval voting, if A beats B, and B beats C, A beats C. So, except for when the result is tied, there is always an alternative that is approved more than any other.
From Nature ● Jul. 24, 2016
He said that as soon as his B and B opened for business, he would become a regular customer.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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So, A is connected to B, B is connected to C, but is A connected to C?
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2021
Though there are several ensembles, the piece’s structure is essentially the “La Ronde” idea, in which A dances with B, B with C, C with D and so on.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2012
The structure -- A meets B, B meets C, and so on until the last character encounters A -- comes from Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A, A, are the outer edges of the fringing reef; B, B, the shores of the island; and S1 the level of the sea.
From Geology by James Geikie
Draw the rectangle b f g c, and then the diagonal line b e; at a right angle to b e draw line f h, cutting B B at i.
From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Joshua Rose
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