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Hagar

American  
[hey-gahr, -ger] / ˈheɪ gɑr, -gər /
Douay Bible, Agar

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the mother of Ishmael.


Hagar British  
/ -ɡə, ˈheɪɡɑː /

noun

  1. Old Testament an Egyptian maid of Sarah, who bore Ishmael to Abraham, Sarah's husband

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In Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, 29-year-old Hagar - whose brother survived the attack on the Nova music festival, where 378 people were killed and dozens more were taken hostage by Hamas gunmen - told the BBC: "No place feels like home anymore and until all the hostages come back none of us will feel safe."

From BBC

Sammy Hagar, the lead vocalist of Van Halen who also played at the farewell concert for Osbourne, wrote on Instagram.

From BBC

"Black Sabbath really kind of started all this, the metal era," former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar told BBC News backstage.

From BBC

Saturday’s performance came as Sammy Hagar — who replaced Roth as Van Halen’s frontman in 1985 — has been talking publicly about Van Halen, whose founding guitarist, Eddie Van Halen, died in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times

Hagar went on to tell Rolling Stone that he thinks Alex — who made no mention of Hagar in his 2024 memoir — is angry at him because “I’m out doing it … and he can’t.”

From Los Angeles Times