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Hagar

American

[hey-gahr, -ger] / ˈheɪ gɑr, -gər /

Douay Bible, Agar

noun

(in the Bible) the mother of Ishmael.

Hagar British

/ -ɡə, ˈheɪɡɑː /

noun

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

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

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025

“This is a song about the appreciation of reality,” Sammy Hagar declared rather high-mindedly to introduce Van Halen’s “Right Now” in the Palomino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025

Yet these days, Hagar says, “I seem to get along better with guys in the country world than with most rock stars.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

But the danger to me personally...the danger to me personally still walked and talked and sometimes sat with Alice in her cabin in the evening as she nursed Hagar.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

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