barber
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The 43-year-old male driver of the vehicle was restrained by local barber Ricky Jefferies -- now widely hailed as a "hero".
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
The highs and lows of vibrant urban life are on display in scenes of a roadside barber and a subway arrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
For a couple of years, Trinidad juggled barber college, work at FedEx and missionary work through his L.A. church, Iglesia De Jesucristo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
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
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Education experts said one possible response to such a scenario is for state legislatures that set licensing requirements to decide some occupations — like barbers and stylists — actually need less training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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
A beauty salon, including barbers, pedicurists and manicurists, is also on hand, along with a laundry service and dry cleaners.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
This raises a new risk for Midland, where restaurants are already less crowded, barbers are idling around waiting for customers and a host of businesses linked to the oil field are feeling squeezed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
But he wasn’t just interfering with health care and speaking out against girls’ schools—he was also threatening barbers who offered so-called Western haircuts and destroying music stores.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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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
Behind the gentlemen’s barbered heads, dark mahogany planks stand at attention.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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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
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
Mr Cox said he had "hope of my barber shop or my barbering tools etc being somewhat salvageable", but "the whole room has gone including everything in it".
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
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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