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barber

[bahr-ber] / ˈbɑr bər /


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The court previously heard that police confiscated electronic devices from Farasati, a barber, when he was stopped on 14 August last year.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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

The barber chair sits in the middle of the bus, with windows all around and extra seating at the back.

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

The young man, the priest, and the barber had never stopped thinking of ways to make their friend go back to a normal life at home.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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

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

The Home Office said the number of immigration raids on businesses such as nail bars, car washes, barbers and takeaways had increased by 77% since Labour came to power, with an 83% rise in arrests.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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

“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

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

Social media has been "massive" for the barbering industry, says dad-of-three Alsanawi, whose Instagram is filled with videos of him giving players including England vice-captain Declan Rice fresh trims.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

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

"I started barbering, working as a Saturday lad in Skelmersdale," says Woods.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

The Boys & Girls Clubs plans to offer more barbering classes and guide kids into an apprenticeship, which is one route to obtain a state license.

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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