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bar

[bahr] / bɑr /








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Under gloomy skies, Lewandowski blazed a spot-kick over the bar as Fire's training session came to an end and Iraola's got under way.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

In July, Florida’s attorney general intervened in litigation between Simpson and the father, persuading a state judge to bar the children from leaving the U.S. while a custody suit proceeds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

As fate would have it, he decided to meet us at the bar after all.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Tesla could create separate office systems and bar China-based employees’ direct access to other company units, the person said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

He waited for Clara by the bar, as instructed, and wondered whether he should just run.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

We also look at topics including ways to boost your retirement savings, the bars courting Gen X and why good health begins with your mouth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Previously, the couple made nearly a half-million dollars trading silver bars in 2011 alone.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

The measure bars or expels foreigners deemed to have "spread or incited hate messages" against the country or its people.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

It was enough to get El-Sayed himself to emerge and sing a few bars of “Bohemian Rhapsody” hours before he was set to speak.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

Jack grabs the remote and turns the TV on, keeping the volume below three bars.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

In her order, Sykes barred the government from placing detainees in administrative segregation unless doing so was necessary to address a security threat to staff or the facility, or if a detainee requested it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

But in most cases, they’re simply not available either because they are not as profitable for developers to construct or are barred by local zoning laws.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

The United States in April allowed Venezuela to pay for Maduro's and Flores's legal defense, something previously barred by US sanctions.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Because Mr. Petro was constitutionally barred from running for a consecutive second term, his Pacto Histórico party put up Sen. Iván Cepeda as its presidential candidate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

It was after nightfall when, wet and tired, the travellers came at last to the Brandywine, and they found the way barred.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Third, and most fundamentally, laws against betting on voting may be justified by the same interests as laws barring the buying and selling of votes overall.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

So, barring a significant shift either in rotation health or in the market, don’t count on Skubal joining the Dodgers in their quest for a three-peat.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Apple said it was seeking damages and an injunction barring OpenAI from using its confidential information, calling the lawsuit necessary after OpenAI failed to respond to concerns the company raised in February.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

An arbitrator issued an interim award barring Wynn-Williams, her lawyers and others from disparaging Meta or promoting the book.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

And it came to him that he was barring every exit to this house, except the exit through the kitchen, where Esther sat.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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