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On Tuesday, Barra touted the division’s potential in more detail than she has on many previous calls; she said she expects $700 million in defense revenue this year, while producing double-digit margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
But GM CEO Mary Barra said in a letter to shareholders that the company is shifting more production back to the United States to reduce tariff exposure.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
CEO Mary Barra wrote in a shareholder letter that “customer demand in North America remains strong,” even as deliveries and market share continued to decline, and as sales incentives remained below the industry average.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
GM’s stepped up domestic manufacturing efforts will bring its U.S. production capacity to more than 2 million units next year, as well as further reduce the company’s tariff exposure, CEO Mary Barra says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
"I named her Barra," she said as the child nursed.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Altering words and adding the odd slang term, a typical example was: "Zarra marra onna barra, Clara?"
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
The Queretaro team’s fan club, or "barra," will be banned from attending even local games for three years.
From Fox News ● Mar. 8, 2022
“When you say barra — ‘abroad’ in Egyptian Arabic — the implication is automatically of somewhere better,” Youssef Rakha, an Egyptian novelist, wrote in a 2020 essay, “Barra and Zaman.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2021
Diaz is proud of how efficiently his barra is running the business of football.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2011
Why is the Arabic word for the sea Irish, for what is the difference between bahar, the Arabic word for sea, and beathra, an old Irish word for water, pronounced barra, whence the river Barrow?
From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by Borrow, George Henry
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