Balliol
Americannoun
noun
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Originally from Oxford and the daughter of two academics, Dame Cressida read forestry and agriculture at the university's Balliol College before joining the Met in 1983.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2021
This week: Write a quatrain or — heck — two of Balliol rhyme about some person.
From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2020
Protesters waving European flags even gathered outside Balliol College, Mr. Johnson’s alma mater at Oxford.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2019
Like Johnson, he is a product of both Eton and Balliol College, at the University of Oxford.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 19, 2019
When I looked back at Balliol he was still leaning against the desk, his shoulders slumped, spectacles pushed back on his head, pinching his nose between his fingers as though he had a migraine.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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