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barber

[bahr-ber] / ˈbɑr bər /


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"My family was low-income when I was growing up. I used to be on free school meals and my parents struggled to get me into a barber shop because of the cost of living."

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

The partnership with the barber was short-lived, however, and when Johnson went to a bank to try to borrow $250 to start a company, he was turned down.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The teen who filed the lawsuit is now out of custody and working to become a barber.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

With their support, he is pursuing his dream of becoming a barber, and is starting a college course in September.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

I hardly had time to marvel at it before the barber began to shape the bob, his scissors going snip, snip, snip.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The government is now looking at changing legislation, to allow authorities to close illegal mini-marts, barbers and vape shops for up to a year.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

His daughter says the 57-year-old also has a touch of vanity, insisting on visiting Korean barbers whom he believed styled his hair the best.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Last year, three barbers in Kunar province were jailed for three to five months for breaching the ministry's rules, according to a UN report.

From Barron's Feb. 19, 2026

He also got a haircut at a barbers in a township in the capital, Lusaka - to the delight of thousands of people who flocked there as news spread on social media.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2026

But he wasn’t just interfering with health care and speaking out against girls’ schools—he was also threatening barbers who offered so-called Western haircuts and destroying music stores.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

Trees barbered to resemble incense pots and traditional Yemeni daggers.

From Washington Post Nov. 7, 2021

After growing steadily more uncomfortable with the length of my regularly barbered hair, I decided to go for it and cut the mop.

From The Guardian Apr. 24, 2020

It’s a big American story that rolls across barbered lawns and then leaves you stranded in some all-night Sam’s Club of the soul.

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2018

Coaches who have barbered the rulebook like Edward Scissorhands look upon Calipari with a weird mixture of awe and disdain.

From Slate Mar. 16, 2010

He could make out the shapes of pilots sitting around the bar, large shoulders and barbered heads silhouetted in the pale light that spilled into the bar from the dining room.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Oasis Restore was hailed as a "revolution in youth justice", where young offenders were given one-on-one support and trained with workshops, such as catering and barbering.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2025

"I started barbering, working as a Saturday lad in Skelmersdale," says Woods.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2025

Mr Cox said he had "hope of my barber shop or my barbering tools etc being somewhat salvageable", but "the whole room has gone including everything in it".

From BBC Dec. 15, 2023

The Boys & Girls Clubs plans to offer more barbering classes and guide kids into an apprenticeship, which is one route to obtain a state license.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2023

I do not think I ever really hated him until he had that little spell of superiority at lunch—that and when he went through all that barbering.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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