Barking
noun
a borough of Greater London, England.
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Barking
American
[bahr-king]
/ ˈbɑr kɪŋ /
noun
barking
British
/ ˈbɑːkɪŋ /
adjective
adverb
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Recalling the moment he made it to his mother's house in Barking, he said: "They came running down the road to greet me."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Saima Ashraf, deputy leader of Barking and Dagenham Council, said the focus was on delivering "surplus good food" through a partnership approach.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The family had travelled to the island, near Colchester, from Barking in east London that morning.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Southern trains are not running between Clapham Junction and Watford Junction until further notice and London Overground services between Richmond/Clapham Junction and Stratford and from Gospel Oak to Barking may also be affected.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
Barking, sharp, short, it’s like Ryder s saying, Here.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Unsmiling, rigid, angry and barking like a drill sergeant, Mr. Strong lets caricature guide his performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
There is the intermittent purr of generators, dogs barking, and, from time to time, the dry clack of domino tiles echoing in the street.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
To help motivate him through the challenge, one of the videos he received , externalwas of his dog Barney frantically barking at foxes in their garden.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Another warning: The big dogs of the dot-com era are barking again, 25 years later.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
The clatter of the falling cans sends the rat squealing and sets Mav barking from inside the house.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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