bes
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The possible has long been the domain of science fiction, a genre that thrives on could bes and not yets.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2016
“I does de bes I kin,” she said.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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Needles are made in accordance with each method of dividing the bes.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Another cement is made of a bes of brick dust, a quarter of refined salt, one and a half unciae of saltpetre, an uncia of sal-ammoniac, and half an uncia of rock salt.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Or else the bes is divided into sixteen semunciae, of which each is divided into four drachmae, and each drachma into four pfennige.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
View a 3D model of the Bes mug produced by the USF Institute for Digital Exploration.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2024
She escorted Matt Stanley, her client, and his Parisian date, Salomé Bes, 30, past the long lines at the museum’s entrance and toward the Code of Hammurabi.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
Synonymous with music and dancing, depictions of Bes often adorned the walls of houses, or as amulets worn around the neck.
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2019
Junior Kata Bes, a third-year Spanish student, said they learned so much more from being there.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2015
"Bes, O King, after the god of the Egyptians whom he resembles."
From The Ancient Allan by Henry Rider Haggard
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