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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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
Essex Police said the group, from Barking, east London, were all related to each other and the boy remained in hospital, fighting for his life.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Barking out orders: Stokes wants England to 'show a bit of dog'
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
Dominic Twomey, leader of Barking and Dagenham Council, said child poverty remained a serious issue in the borough.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
Barking, sharp, short, it’s like Ryder s saying, Here.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
As The Times put it, he regarded the voices of critics as “the barking of a dog in the night.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
See: The big dogs of the dot-com era are barking again, 25 years later.
From MarketWatch ● May 17, 2026
Felix had heard Pookie barking next door, and when the weedy monster landed in his yard, he started barking as well.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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