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barking

[bahr-king] / ˈbɑr kɪŋ /




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There is the intermittent purr of generators, dogs barking, and, from time to time, the dry clack of domino tiles echoing in the street.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

As The Times put it, he regarded the voices of critics as “the barking of a dog in the night.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

To help motivate him through the challenge, one of the videos he received , externalwas of his dog Barney frantically barking at foxes in their garden.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The big dogs of the dot-com era are barking again, some for the first time in many years.

From MarketWatch May 15, 2026

We were all racing out of the schoolhouse, J.W. too, barking his fool head off.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck



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