the bar

Example Sentences

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Scanlon notes the bar for a further selloff in front-end rates is high.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Dick Fosbury flopping over the bar in the high jump.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Antonelli keeps raising the bar in the second season of his career and this was as impressive as it has got so far.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

There’s no doubt, “Cars” lowered the bar for the studio.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Marco waves at the woman behind the bar, who then brings them two glasses of Bordeaux, leaving the bottle on the table next to a small vase holding a yellow rose.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern