Boris
Americannoun
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a male given name.
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Germany is considering Australia's "Ghost Bat" robot fighter as it looks to select a combat drone to modernise its air force, defence minister Boris Pistorius said Friday.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
A total of 52.5% of voters in Wales backed Brexit in 2016 and Boris Johnson secured a bumper number of Welsh Conservative MPs in the 2019 general election with his promise to "Get Brexit Done".
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Boris Nikolic, the Gates adviser, said what he shared was public information or material he was authorized to share.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said there would be "no military participation" from Germany, although Berlin was prepared to support diplomatic efforts to protect the strait.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Figure 1.58: Normally, a composer who wants to put more or fewer beats in a measure must change the time signature, as in this example from Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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