the bar
Example Sentences
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Though the bar for evidence is lower than in criminal court, judges may request detailed testimony because subjects of restraining orders can lose their jobs or the ability to see their children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Current laws set the bar so high for involuntary hospitalization that a person in psychosis often has to be suicidal or homicidal before they can get the help they need.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"I'd tell him, 'it's your round. Now let's go to the bar and buy me a drink!'"
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bruno Fernandes: Volleyed against the bar from a Mbuemo nod back, had another first-half effort deflected over and another blocked.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Brett had not been in the bar either, and so I looked for her up-stairs on my way out, and took a taxi to the Café Select.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
