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Peebles

American  
[pee-buhlz] / ˈpi bəlz /

noun

  1. a historic county in S Scotland.


Peebles British  
/ ˈpiːbəlz /

noun

  1. a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders. Pop: 8065 (2001)

"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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Sora was the brainchild of Tim Brooks and Bill Peebles, two researchers who became close friends while completing doctorate degrees at the University of California, Berkeley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

One of his targets was Peebles, who received an offer and briefly considered joining the company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Bill Peebles, the head of Sora, said in an X post on Oct.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Ten days later, following various surgeries – including skin grafts – Mary-Jane was allowed to return home to Peebles where her recovery continues.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Most astronomers, according to Curtis Peebles, expected little, particularly as the comet was not a coherent sphere but a string of twenty-one fragments.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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