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While the start of earnings season has been strong, “the bar is clearly higher,” the strategists noted, with the average stock down 10 basis points on the day of an earnings report.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Wary of not panicking, Kerry reeled off the next four scores to pull within one but their hopes were kept alive by goalkeeper Shane Murphy, who tipped Kobe McDonald's goal-bound shot over the bar.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
That number may have been even higher at Joxer Daly’s, a sports bar in Culver City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The best part of the job, bar none: hearing from WSJ readers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
You apply the problem to the place you implement it—the trapeze bar that lets you feel the way the physics equations work.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Langton said it was a move on the high bars he had competed "1,000 times and it is once that has happened".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Going from vault straight to bars, it wasn't that long a time. So being resilient obviously helped a lot and I'm glad it paid off."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In places within SoFi Stadium’s ZIP Code and surrounding neighborhoods, some bars sold two to three times the amount of beer they would usually sell over the same period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
According to data from the Beer Institute, many bars and restaurants in the area felt the same impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Don’t make me come over there,” May said, banging on the bars between them.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Authorities have also temporarily suspended new listings of leveraged ETFs and ETNs and barred securities firms from marketing such products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The United States in April allowed Venezuela to pay for Maduro's and Flores's legal defense, something previously barred by US sanctions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Because Mr. Petro was constitutionally barred from running for a consecutive second term, his Pacto Histórico party put up Sen. Iván Cepeda as its presidential candidate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
He has also been barred from leaving Russia.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
He closed his eyes and immediately he must have slept, for when he looked up again the small barred window was black and a bright light burned in the hall.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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Apple said it was seeking damages and an injunction barring OpenAI from using its confidential information, calling the lawsuit necessary after OpenAI failed to respond to concerns the company raised in February.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The foul came with a one-game suspension, barring Balogun from playing against Belgium tonight at 8 Eastern.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
The red card on the field, however, remains the final word barring any extra games added to Balogun’s suspension.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
An arbitrator issued an interim award barring Wynn-Williams, her lawyers and others from disparaging Meta or promoting the book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The high hedge curved with them, running off into the distance beyond the pair of impressive wrought-iron gates barring the men’s way.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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