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bar

[bahr] / bɑr /








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“Breakfast” typically consists of coffee and a protein bar eaten as she pulls out of the school drop-off line.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

It followed Charlie Bucket, a child who is one of five winners who find "golden tickets" inside a Wonka bar and are invited to tour the mysterious chocolate factory run by the eccentric Willy Wonka.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I set up my cutting board at the bar in front of the television, clean and chop everything, then stash it in labeled deli tubs.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Club Cobra, his bar in North Hollywood, is a fixture on the queer Latin nightlife scene in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

When he returned from the bar, fizzing bottle in hand, he sat down next to me, and I saw him glance about the room in a way that seemed casual but purposeful.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

When the waiting becomes almost too much, Deborah starts humming a few bars of a familiar song.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

Gold bars of various sizes are stacked in gigantic vaults within a vault.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

BrewDog's takeover saw 38 bars close across the UK and £20m in unpaid bills left to hundreds of UK businesses.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Do we hold bars responsible for the things drunk people do on public sidewalks?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Jared told me they melt down real bars of chocolate to make the base, which is why it’s so rich and thick.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

MS NOW reported that its White House reporter Laura Barrón-López and a producer were barred and had their passes taken, but another MS NOW producer was allowed in.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Assembly Bill 713 would have barred the University of California, California State University and state community colleges from disqualifying students from campus employment because they could not show federal work authorization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

If the FDA agrees with the panel’s recommendation, six of the seven injectable peptides they evaluated will no longer be barred from pharmacy compounding.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Another recalled a parent who successfully lobbied to ban cupcakes from classroom birthday celebrations—only to protest when she was later barred from sending cupcakes for her own child’s birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Red-tailed hawks, barred owls, a ruffed grouse, an osprey with brown wings the color of Byrd’s eyes, and even a male wild turkey, fluffed and frozen in time.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

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

However, after the Postal Service issued its “final rule” for implementing the changes on Aug. 21, California and other litigants sued again last week — winning another temporary restraining order barring the work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Iranian bank employees in the old town location said they haven’t received a notice to close and that barring one they will continue to operate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

When I came to her door, one of her nieces—Mona—was barring it.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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