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Barbara

American  
[bahr-bruh, -ber-uh] / ˈbɑr brə, -bər ə /

noun

  1. a first name: from a Greek word meaning “foreign, exotic.”


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All this brings to mind historian Barbara Tuchman’s “The March of Folly.”

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

Cowboys cheerleader Michelle Siemienowski says she’s OK after the UC Santa Barbara graduate got hit in the head with a football when a kickoff went out of bounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Barbara Kollmeyer interviewed Max Kettner, the chief multiasset strategist at HSBC, who advised investors chasing the AI trade to speed up their reaction time.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Mr. Talarico “seems very real and genuine, but he’s not,” said Barbara Quinn, 81.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Dad used to joke about how they were forced to sleep in separate bedrooms in case they talked about each other’s work,” their daughter, Barbara, recalled.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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