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The weak controls aren’t a good look, evoking the old proverb about the shoemaker whose children go barefoot.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

My daughter loves the fountains and the fact that you can go barefoot in the river.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2023

They wear nature in their curly hair – acorn headbands, leaf fascinators, grass caps – and famously, go barefoot.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2022

To help prevent nail fungal infections — as well as foot fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot — don’t go barefoot around pools or in gym locker rooms.

From Washington Post Jul. 18, 2022

He had no shoes, so Clara took a pair that belonged to Esteban Trueba, for everyone to see that he would not go barefoot to heaven.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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