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barn

[bahrn] / bɑrn /
NOUN
animal shelter
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The other horse people she hangs out with at the barn, where Juni lives, come from “every possible income level and political belief, and they’re all kind of shoved together,” Hanawalt tells me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

"Obviously that will bring some of the wildlife out of the woods, like voles and mice, and I was hoping that the barn owls would then thrive even more than they are already," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

And additional thanks to Lorne Michaels, who knows a ratings/headlines cow when he sees one, even if he doesn’t want to house him in his own barn at the end of the night.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

If the NFL had a visage, it would be Ditka’s, with his thick hair, rugged mustache and a nose that looked hit by a barn door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

A blacksmith opens a barn door, then quickly steps back inside, shutting it.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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