barn door
Example Sentences
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“The backstop becomes more important when the barn door is open,” said Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive group.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
But ultimately, “access to pasture” means just that—the barn door is open, says Kestrel Burcham, a policy director at the Cornucopia Institute, a nonprofit consumer watchdog group.
From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024
“It’s always better to have a lock on the barn door than to go chase the horse once it’s out,” he said in an interview.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022
Emma Hayes was evidently frustrated and said her team "couldn't hit a barn door" on a weekend when rivals Arsenal won 4-0 comfortably at home to Brighton.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2022
The shadows of his little goat legs moved back and forth under the barn door.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
