R&B
Americanabbreviation
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I start with gospel, then a slow R&B vibe and then right before the game, it’s turn-up hip-hop and rap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Bullets & Blades,” a teary slow-dance number, is a duet with versatile R&B singer Kehlani.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Cadillac Chronicles” features Freeman riding in his 1974 Cadillac Eldorado with a musician, usually a hip-hop or R&B artist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
But for those who had avoided spoilers, Risk It All, a slow R&B ballad from Mars' latest album, The Romantic, was perhaps an unexpected opener.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
But there were so many variations to it—the Latin one, the R&B one, the funk shingaling—it was hard not to mix them up.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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R B EYE stalked between horses then inside on the backstretch, continued between rivals on the second turn, drifted in a bit in the stretch and was edged for the place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2020
R B EYE stalked a bit off the rail, bid between horses then tracked just off the inside on the second turn, re-bid between foes in the stretch and held third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2019
R B EYE stalked off the rail then between foes, continued off the inside on the turn and three wide into the stretch and could not offer the necessary response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2019
The F R B has tried to ease credit to help the recovery without making it so easy that the boom gets out of hand and brings another puff of inflation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Diamine jet black R B, 2 lb. soda, and 20 lb.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
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