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BBC

British  

abbreviation

  1. British Broadcasting Corporation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some of these were booked by third party resellers using bots with the intention of charging inflated prices but were unable to sell them, the BBC understands.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

"It was a beautiful feeling when we can fly anywhere we want," he told the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Some have been carried out by the 413th separate battalion "Raid" of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, whose commander, Yevhen Karas, spoke to the BBC from an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

It comes as official figures shared exclusively with the BBC suggest no-one turned up to take 64,500 practical driving tests last year.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Aware that German people were listening, the British Broadcasting Corporation, or the BBC, broadcast the news in the German language.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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