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barber

[bahr-ber] / ˈbɑr bər /


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His home was destroyed and his barber shop was partially damaged.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

A barber is offering free back-to-school haircuts, stationery and school essentials to help families facing rising costs.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

"So, we all started to panic; some people jumped out of windows, and some ran outside," the 31-year-old barber told AFP as he stroked his mother's leg under her hospital blanket.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

The partnership with the barber was short-lived, however, and when Johnson went to a bank to try to borrow $250 to start a company, he was turned down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The young man, the priest, and the barber had never stopped thinking of ways to make their friend go back to a normal life at home.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

While many barbers began working from home or their backyards , Hector bought the bus and redesigned it into a mobile barbershop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The crackdown comes after a new £30m High Street organised crime unit was announced in May following a BBC News investigation into illegal mini-marts, vape shops and barbers.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

In February last year, the crump of artillery was still distant, but the factories had long since shut down as the city turned into a military camp with restaurants and barbers catering to soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Last year, three barbers in Kunar province were jailed for three to five months for breaching the ministry's rules, according to a UN report.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Belt and shoes in hand, I let myself be dragged along to the barbers.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

Trees barbered to resemble incense pots and traditional Yemeni daggers.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2021

“I found it exhilarating, depressing, tawdry and moving in almost equal measure. It’s a big American story that rolls across barbered lawns and then leaves you stranded in some all-night Sam’s Club of the soul.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018

For now at least this England team can get on with presenting itself to the world, laid out in its splendid new-build sarcophagus, shaved and barbered, newly suited, eyes glazed with entropic reverie.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2012

Coaches who have barbered the rulebook like Edward Scissorhands look upon Calipari with a weird mixture of awe and disdain.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2010

Behind the gentlemen’s barbered heads, dark mahogany planks stand at attention.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Oasis Restore was hailed as a "revolution in youth justice", where young offenders were given one-on-one support and trained with workshops, such as catering and barbering.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

A T-level in hairdressing, barbering and beauty therapy was due to begin in 2023, but was delayed before eventually being scrapped altogether.

From BBC ● May 10, 2024

A T-level in hairdressing, barbering and beauty therapy was due to begin in 2023 but was delayed before being scrapped.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024

The Federal Way barbering class had spots for 16 kids; dozens more applied, she said.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023

The snipping was only a kind of mental barbering, a limbering up.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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