the bar

Example Sentences

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Scanlon notes the bar for a further selloff in front-end rates is high.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"Every weekend is different tracks and require different needs but I am just going to try to keep pushing, and keep raising the bar as much as possible."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Dick Fosbury flopping over the bar in the high jump.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Nikki’s interiority ceases only a moment after that fateful conversation about love and romance on the way home from the bar.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

The hum of conversation around us dulls and washes out while the clattering sound of plates and glasses being stacked behind the bar gets sharper, making my ears ring.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam