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The well-appointed accommodations included double-occupancy cabins; two long, windowed promenades; a dining room, bar and smoking lounge; a dedicated writing room; toilets and a shower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The actions along the Mediterranean coast to bar access to the harbours of Nice and Sete, and a depot in Frontignan, come as petrol prices at French pumps near an all-time high.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Though the bar for evidence is lower than in criminal court, judges may request detailed testimony because subjects of restraining orders can lose their jobs or the ability to see their children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Sometimes kindness looks like lowering the bar just enough that you can actually step over it.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Carefully, Joe pulled Frank back up, until he could grab the bar with both hands.
From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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BrewDog's takeover saw 38 bars close across the UK and £20m in unpaid bills left to hundreds of UK businesses.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But the conference is increasingly defined by its sideshow of parties: galas in rooftop bars, museum mixers and dinners held in the city’s colonial-era hotels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
I have to eat these protein bars, and I have to eat them all the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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
Jeremy reached through the bars to scratch behind Pete's ears.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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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
Judge Anne Hwang determined his prior murder conviction no longer applied as a felony under a landmark 2016 change in California law that barred prosecutors from trying juveniles as adults without a judge’s approval.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Cluny barred the railing across the sword blade.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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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
However, after the Postal Service issued its “final rule” for implementing the changes on Aug. 21, California and other litigants sued again last week — winning another temporary restraining order barring the work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Iranian bank employees in the old town location said they haven’t received a notice to close and that barring one they will continue to operate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
When I came to her door, one of her nieces—Mona—was barring it.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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