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barber

[bahr-ber] / ˈbɑr bər /


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"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

"My family was low-income when I was growing up. I used to be on free school meals and my parents struggled to get me into a barber shop because of the cost of living."

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

“I have a Cuban friend who’s in Miami, he’s a barber, and he tells me, ‘Man, I’ve got a car, I’ve got everything, but I don’t have time to enjoy any of it.’”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The teen who filed the lawsuit is now out of custody and working to become a barber.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Vincent and Theo visit Mauve, they go to the barber, and then Vincent is on his way to Amsterdam.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Schools that educate ministers, barbers, massage therapists, and cosmetologists could be especially hard hit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

It also turns its gaze to those assigned to the lower rungs of the colonial social order - dancing girls, agricultural labourers, barbers and snake charmers.

From BBC Feb. 20, 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

“Carson is a working-class community of janitors, barbers, bus drivers and longshoremen,” said attorney Gary Praglin of the Santa Monica-based law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 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

After growing steadily more uncomfortable with the length of my regularly barbered hair, I decided to go for it and cut the mop.

From The Guardian Apr. 24, 2020

“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

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

He could make out the shapes of pilots sitting around the bar, large shoulders and barbered heads silhouetted in the pale light that spilled into the bar from the dining room.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Education could also extend to training those in hairdressing, barbering and beauty therapy to spot potentially cancerous moles on clients and encourage them to seek medical advice.

From BBC May 13, 2026

"I started barbering, working as a Saturday lad in Skelmersdale," says Woods.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2025

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

He thought the teens might lose interest in barbering.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2023

I do not think I ever really hated him until he had that little spell of superiority at lunch—that and when he went through all that barbering.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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