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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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Varda co-founder and Chief Executive Will Bruey is a former SpaceX avionics engineer, and the company’s spacecraft are launched on SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.

From Los Angeles Times

His lawyers argued that none of the Truth Aquatics boats, nor any other boat in the waters off Santa Barbara, required a roving night watch at the time, and that it was unfair “to punish him for the failings of an entire industry.”

From Los Angeles Times

Barbara Foster from Portstewart said all consumers can do is "hope for the best".

From BBC

Crean Lutheran guard Caden Jones recalled how the team communicated with the new kid as Mpoyi joined a trip to Santa Barbara for a summer tournament the week after he arrived.

From Los Angeles Times

Caden, a 6-foot-3 point guard, also has received basketball offers from Washington and UC Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times