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[bahr] / bɑr /








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In a brief interview outside the bar, McKinney remained positive and said he always knew he faced an uphill battle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

With the high bar for intervention this season, this may go down as an on-field error but not to the threshold for a VAR intervention.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Headline earnings per share growth numbers may look good, but in many cases have been far short of a high bar with guidance muted relative to recent history.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

If you don’t have audio, and if you’re sitting in a bar or sitting on a plane or wherever, and you can’t hear me, you’ll still understand everything that’s going on.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

The hum of conversation around us dulls and washes out while the clattering sound of plates and glasses being stacked behind the bar gets sharper, making my ears ring.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Human-rights groups have criticized the latest case against him as designed to ensure he stays behind bars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Louis Lee, a friend of the activist, said Wong remained "energetic" behind bars but was sometimes "worried and nervous" about the sentencing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Although the local law embraces triads, foursomes and other group relationships, the language bars registering of couples who have already declared other partnerships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

"We'd have to carry in all the ballet bars, all the equipment that we use, all the dance floors," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Slender metal bars attach from the tabletop to the chair to the shiny tiled floor.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

The number of signatures needed for a ballot referendum also would rise, and ethics commissioners would be barred from City Council or the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The NBA said the APR basketball club would remain barred while the US sanctions are in place.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Following Snap’s IPO, the S&P Dow Jones Indices barred new companies with multiple share classes from its ranks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Likewise, emoluments are barred regardless of whether the official takes or refrains from any act whatever.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Legally barred from employment, housing, and welfare benefits—and saddled with thousands of dollars of debt—these people were shamed and condemned for failing to hold together their families.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

In September, Uthmeier asked the court for a temporary injunction barring OpenAI from developing new models without safety guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Separately, as part of the company’s new Founder Alignment agreement, the board negotiated with Zuckerberg to remain a resident of California for the next eight years, barring “material unforeseen circumstances.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

A Dutch court rules in favor of Halozyme Therapeutics, barring Merck from selling subcutaneous Keytruda in eight European markets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The guilty pleas came shortly after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation barring third-party brokers from advertising, selling or transferring tee-time reservations at publicly owned golf courses without the written consent of the course operator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Human nature is the same—people at the South are the same as those at the North, barring the difference in circumstances.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry


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