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At the same time, such offspring have something to live up to, expectations to meet, a bar to clear that’s set a little higher than if they were completely original.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

At a trendy wine bar in Kyiv, locals pop by to sip Zakarpattia whites or get a bottle of wine into the late summer evening.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Sometimes kindness looks like lowering the bar just enough that you can actually step over it.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

The rally likely raises the bar for the next season of cybersecurity earnings, Gallo adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Heath bar brownie with butterscotch sauce and hot fudge, whipped cream, and a cherry on top. That’s his favorite. But he likes to mix it up.”

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

Visiting the jail where his assailant was being held at the time of filming, he notes that he’d much rather be where he is than behind bars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Sales also increased a surprisingly strong 1.2% at bars and restaurants, the only major service category in the retail report.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Formerly a Golden Dawn MP from 2012 to 2019, Kasidiaris was jailed for six years and worked off the rest of his sentence while behind bars.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

How have these bars changed the way people go out in L.A. to hear music?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

So far, Suzanne Braden reports, poaching has been nearly eliminated—thanks to extreme penalties that can include up to ten years behind bars.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

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

The Command of the Army Act required presidential orders to flow through Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, whom Congress trusted, and it barred the president from removing Grant without the Senate’s approval.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Legal experts have noted however that Kasidiaris is still barred from running for office until 2033, when his term was to nominally end.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

The officers were all required to sign a confidentiality agreement that barred them from discussing candidates’ personal information with anyone outside the office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The imp snapped its fingers, and suddenly Jack was hanging in midair outside the castle, a few feet from the barred window and hundreds of feet above the ocean below.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

"At this stage, the fire is now under control in its entirety and should no longer spread," barring a major change in weather conditions or other unforeseen factors, said the local governor's office.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

States also claim Meta committed unfair business practices by letting users create multiple Instagram accounts, which they say allows kids to circumvent parental controls and rules barring children under age of 13 from creating accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Juanita and I clung to the wooden slat barring the barn door.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall