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barrack

[bar-uhk] / ˈbær ək /
NOUN
dormitory
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New York fans love to back their teams and barrack the opposition.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2025

"The source of the loud noise heard today was the destruction of old ammunition by the army in a barrack located 30 km west of Kerman," the governor said.

From Reuters Feb. 15, 2023

Among them were complaints against a detective who the lawsuit says gave more overtime shifts to White officers stationed outside the barrack, instead of officers of color who were stationed inside the barrack.

From Washington Post Oct. 27, 2022

“I had only got outside the barrack gate when I saw Mrs. O’Connor going in,” recalled Ethel Condon, by then Ethel Cuthbert.

From New York Times Apr. 13, 2022

Between June 1955 and July 1958, 81 infants in the Swedish barrack came down with PCP and 24 died.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell



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