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Balbo

American  
[bahl-baw] / ˈbɑl bɔ /

noun

  1. Italo 1896–1940, Italian aviator, general, and statesman.


Balbo British  
/ ˈbalbo /

noun

  1. Italo (ˈitalo). 1896–1940, Italian Fascist politician and airman: minister of aviation (1929–33)

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Perhaps Gerrit Cole wouldn’t have slept on covering first base in that same fateful fifth inning if he’d been able to mull his options by scratching an Italo Balbo beard.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Horner has spent time extolling the virtues of head of aerodynamics Enrico Balbo, lead performance engineer Ben Waterhouse and chief designer Craig Skinner.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2024

Balbo, a lawyer for Gregory McMichael, said his client was motivated to chase Arbery because the young man matched the description of the person seen in the surveillance video at the under-construction house.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2022

Balbo, noted that Ballesteros continued to speak to Greg McMichael after that incident and that her testimony showed he had been willing to rent property to Black people.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2022

He looked upon it as a matter of course and felt just the same as he did when diving with Captain Balbo, or bush-whacking under Colonel Sawyer.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul