as in to snarl
to speak sharply or irritably
the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them
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as in ship
a boat equipped with one or more sails
took a small bark out on the lake
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Recent Examples of bark
David Aldridge, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Even after taking a thorough inspection of the machine, the pup refuses to leave, choosing to bark and lunge at it instead.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Its Sweet Surprise Gift Box ($52) includes a six piece truffle/honey caramel gift box, smoked sea salt bark and a signature Grocer's Daughter Chocolate trail bar or Salt Almond bar.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2024
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So there was much woofing along both lines of scrimmage; Marshon Lattimore and A.J. Brown barked at one another all day.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Even after taking a thorough inspection of the machine, the pup refuses to leave, choosing to bark and lunge at it instead.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
Image For Wynne, the buttons are not only entirely superfluous to the communication humans and dogs already have but also potentially a distraction from their natural barks and howls, their tail wags and tucks.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Its Sweet Surprise Gift Box ($52) includes a six piece truffle/honey caramel gift box, smoked sea salt bark and a signature Grocer's Daughter Chocolate trail bar or Salt Almond bar.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2024
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That said, this first scene explains that passage (either in or out) across the Barrier is nigh impossible without access codes or a 'key' that's built into the ships used by Old Republic emissaries.Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Pentagon expected the warship to be operational in the first half of 2025. What To Know Photos taken by Chinese ship spotters showed the Fujian returned to Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, where it was constructed in 2017 and launched, from its sixth sea trial.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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What To Know On December 22 last year, three frigates and three Coast Guard ships from China transited the Miyako Strait westward from the Philippine Sea to the East China Sea, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Wednesday, which cited sources close to the Japanese government.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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The Philippine military immediately sent its naval forces to monitor the Ufa, including a frigate armed with missiles and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Twenty men on Maynard’s sloop died, and Blackbeard presumed the rest of the crew dead.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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The sailboats in the force ranged from day cruisers to 150-foot racing yachts.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Guo also gained notoriety for palling around with Trump adviser Steve Bannon, whose 2020 arrest on his own fraud charges took place on the tycoon’s yacht.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Park the dinghy at Saba Rock for dinner and drinks and experience one of the most iconic watering holes in the Caribbean, a staple since the 1960s.Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the overcrowded dinghy jumped into the sea, Doctors Without Borders said.Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Bark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bark. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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