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Rhodes thinks the wildfire alert arguably met the bar for urgency and severity, but perhaps not for certainty of a threat to life.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The night before, I had whet my appetite at the Parlor, a four-seat oyster bar in nearby Bath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

He said Erewhon would focus on expanding in Southern California, though a tonic bar did open at a members-only club in New York City last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

By the time you read this, I will be at a bar cheering on Crystal Palace FC—an English Premier League team founded in 1905—which I have been a fan of for exactly two weeks now.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Cigarette butts, crushed soda cans, scraps of plastic bags, candy bar wrappers, a smushed box of half-eaten French fries.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The Valkyries established a 30-plus network of area bars for fans to gather to watch games and they helped a player with sleeping problems by offering everything from a different comforter to a sleep study.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Fans were also impressed by the detailed locations on show, which included the interiors of apartments, rooftop bars and sleazy underground clubs.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The masked rapper took to the All Points East stage on Sunday night, reeling off his signature raw and punchy bars from on top of a castle.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Boston bars are using extreme measures to spot fake IDs to protect their liquor licenses, which are capped at about 1,600 and can cost over $500,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The bars were spaced too far apart, since it was made for adults.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

The supply chain risk designation, formally made in March, had canceled Anthropic's military contracts and barred other Pentagon contractors from using its technology.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Lawyers already are barred under State Bar rules from allowing a third party to dictate case strategy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Yet it barred Zoox taxis on roads with heavy rain, snow, large quantities of leaves or a speed limit of more than 45 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

In October, leading US news outlets rejected a new policy which barred journalists from entering the building unless they only reported information officially authorised by the DoD.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

“I am sorry, Donovan,” said the robot, “but you can no longer stay here after this. Henceforth Powell and you are barred from the control room and the engine room.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

But the court denied its motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the provision barring law-enforcement agencies from entering into agreements with ICE.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 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

Kanin’s attorneys argue the disbursement delay was caused by incomplete records and due diligence concerns — worries further snarled by the so-called slayer statute barring Californians from inheriting from people they have killed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Frequently, when states pass laws barring transgender athletes from competition, the result can feel overwhelmingly personal to those affected, since the number of people excluded in a given state can be counted on your fingers.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Before them rose Bree-hill barring the way, a dark mass against misty stars; and under its western flank nestled a large village.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien