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“Students clear the bar or they don’t,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Your chances of running into a marketer at a neighborhood bar are slim but never zero.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Lamiroy also said he fears his Penzance-based bar and restaurant, 45 Queen Street, will not be considered a "pub" and so be ineligible under the terms of the support package.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Since long bonds have the closest duration to the S&P 500, their rising real yields raise the bar for stocks, all else being equal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Whether you're a brain surgeon or a sixth-grader, the first time you see the Brainvox image of Phineas's head with that red bar through it, you wince.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

At 17, Amankwaah is the youngest gymnast in Team England's squad and she is set to compete in the uneven bars, beam and floor beginning on Friday.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

One part of the plan means that most jailed offenders on fixed terms will leave jail after serving a third of their term behind bars, rather than at the halfway point.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Manson died in 2017 behind bars at the age of 83.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Near the counter stood a candy-bar display, with all the ordinary stuff but harder-to-find candy bars, too, like Violet Crumble bars and Zagnut bars.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

Following criticism last June, the Dodgers barred federal immigration agents from the team's massive stadium parking lot and committed $1 million to help families of immigrants "impacted by recent events in the region."

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

And yet as recently as January he was barred from standing as Labour's candidate for a parliamentary seat.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Sherrone Moore continued to lead the team, even after the athletic director grew suspicious of the relationship and barred him from traveling with his executive assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Besigye's other lead lawyer, Kenya's Martha Karua, was barred from entering the country when she flew in to represent him last month.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

He placed restrictions on what he would eat, created a list of potential visitors who’d be allowed to see him and another list of those who’d be summarily barred from entering his room.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The lawsuit alleges that authorities ignored statutory safeguards meant to ensure the collection’s return to Mexico, and seeks an injunction barring the works from leaving the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

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

Cuba imposed draconian rules, he said, barring doctors from leaving their quarters after 6 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The foul came with a one-game suspension, barring Balogun from playing against Belgium tonight at 8 Eastern.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

They acquired big houses on streets named Harvard and Yale that were lined with elm, ash, sycamore, and linden and posted with signs barring all but essential wagon traffic.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson