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Behring

[ bey-ring ]

noun

  1. E·mil von [ey, -meel f, uh, n], 1854–1917, German physician and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1901.
  2. Vi·tus [vee, -t, oo, s]. Bering, Vitus.


Behring

noun

  1. ˈbeːrɪŋ BehringEmil (Adolf) von18541917MGermanSCIENCE: bacteriologist Emil ( Adolf ) von (ˈeːmiːl fɔn). 1854–1917, German bacteriologist, who discovered diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1901
  2. ˈbɛrɪŋˈbɛər- a variant spelling of Bering
“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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The sigh came both from Anders Behring Breivik and from his victims.

How would the American right have responded had Anders Behring Breivik been a Muslim?

And somewhere out there, someone like Anders Behring Breivik is watching.

The next dish you break, Mr. Steward, you take a bath in the Behring Sea at the end of a rope.

He embarked on board De Behring's vessel and died at Kamtchatka.

Not until June 4th, 1741, were Behring and Tschirikow in a position to start again.

Closely related as the various tribes are, the old hypothesis that they migrated from Asia across Behring Strait is untenable.

These smugglers had escaped detection for some time by traveling in native skin-boats across Behring Straits.

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