Barbara
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The exclusive space overlooking the ocean in Santa Barbara, Calif., has an initiation fee of $500,000, with monthly fees of about $2,500, according to director of membership sales Kelly Campbell.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
“They begin in Santa Barbara County and end in Kern County.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Barbara Middleton, of Shiremoor Primary School in Newcastle, said she had so far declined to take up the government's free breakfast club offer due to the financial and logistical challenges involved.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
“The human touch is the real essence of La Perla,” said Barbara Zappoli, chief product officer at the atelier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Barbara later remembered him often “hugging me warmly. He laughed a lot.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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