Taleb

British

/ ˈtælɪb /

noun

(in Afghanistan) a member of the Taliban

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Commentator Nassim Taleb amplifies the volume with bankruptcy warnings.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Taleb said trips to repair his artificial leg and attend medical checkups cost around US$80 -- an impossible burden for a family struggling to survive.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Moulay Ibrahim Taleb Ali, a 40-year-old who heads a cooperative that produces the daraa, welcomed the UN move.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

Fifty-year-old Taleb al-Abdulmohsen was arrested at the scene, but the suspected attacker's motives remain unclear.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025

This is certainly fair enough, and Ben Taleb presumes to be a man who desires to do that which is right.

From Miss Caprice by Rathborne, George, St.

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