B&B
1 Americanabbreviation
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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
Mr Hall was staying at the B&B Ploncher hotel when he disappeared on 9 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025
Annabelle hears Yvonne, proprietor of the Secret Garden B&B, rattling pans downstairs.
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
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
A is tangent to B, and B is tangent to C. We’ll call their tangent points AB and BC.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2012
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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B B, black-board, made by giving the wall a colored hard finish.
From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Ira Mayhew
The poles B B C C are in one field, the remaining poles in the other.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin
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