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Sometimes kindness looks like lowering the bar just enough that you can actually step over it.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
But the prime minster said it was "unacceptable for there to be a legislative bar against people of any faith performing all the functions of my office".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
At a trendy wine bar in Kyiv, locals pop by to sip Zakarpattia whites or get a bottle of wine into the late summer evening.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
But even having the DJs at this bar, it helps them pay their bills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
He waited for Clara by the bar, as instructed, and wondered whether he should just run.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Sales also increased a surprisingly strong 1.2% at bars and restaurants, the only major service category in the retail report.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Formerly a Golden Dawn MP from 2012 to 2019, Kasidiaris was jailed for six years and worked off the rest of his sentence while behind bars.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The stars have been seen filming at multiple locations, including a park and bars in Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf, since October.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
“It wasn’t pretty, but it was gritty,” Chesney said Saturday, dropping bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Also contained in his report was Captain Perreira’s description of the bars that the vessel was carrying as ballast to keep the ship steady while transporting such a large human cargo to Brazil.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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The Command of the Army Act required presidential orders to flow through Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, whom Congress trusted, and it barred the president from removing Grant without the Senate’s approval.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
Legal experts have noted however that Kasidiaris is still barred from running for office until 2033, when his term was to nominally end.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
In February, CBS lawyers barred “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” from running its interview with him, so the show posted it online.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
During that period, contractors are barred from making donations to elected officials with power over their contracts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Her eyes flitted again toward that tiny, barred cut-out window several feet above her.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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The government wants to bring in a barring service, but the inquiry warned this will be undermined if the system continues to turn a blind eye like it does.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nearly everyone standing behind the podium, barring a city council member or two, held a similar picture.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
In 2013, the court enacted a rule barring nonlawyers from conducting oral arguments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
A Moscow court ordered her placed under judicial supervision, barring her from leaving home from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am, using the internet or speaking with witnesses in the case, said her lawyer, Mikhail Biryukov.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
“We can leave here early on the morning of the twenty-second,” he said, “and barring accidents, we should make the camp ground in plenty of time for the grand opening.”
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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