Example Sentences

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"I started barbering, working as a Saturday lad in Skelmersdale," says Woods.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025

A T-level in hairdressing, barbering and beauty therapy was due to begin in 2023 but was delayed before being scrapped.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2024

Mr Cox said he had "hope of my barber shop or my barbering tools etc being somewhat salvageable", but "the whole room has gone including everything in it".

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound has a tradition of empowering youth, Williams said, and as more kids express interest in trade professions like construction and barbering, the agency is trying to meet demand.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023

The snipping was only a kind of mental barbering, a limbering up.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides