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barber

[bahr-ber] / ˈbɑr bər /


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Sherin argues that gathering places like coffee shops, barber shops and structured activities like job training are as critical as housing for veteran well-being.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 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

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 priest and the barber had a wooden cage built in a hurry.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 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

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

Increasing himself head by head but not barbers.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Trees barbered to resemble incense pots and traditional Yemeni daggers.

From Washington Post Nov. 7, 2021

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. 19, 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

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

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

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

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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