- present participle of bar.
barring
Example Sentences
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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
Everyone knows the championship is basically over, barring some kind of dramatic misfortune.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nearly everyone standing behind the podium, barring a city council member or two, held a similar picture.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
But the court denied its motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the provision barring law-enforcement agencies from entering into agreements with ICE.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But Hermes met me, with his golden wand, barring the way—a boy whose lip was downy in the first bloom of manhood, so he seemed.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
