as in to snarl
to speak sharply or irritably
the new supervisor found that speaking to people with a civil tongue got better results than barking at them
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as in ship
a boat equipped with one or more sails
took a small bark out on the lake
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Recent Examples of bark
Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
The footage from the incident shows the dog barking and staring as the individual with the dynamite approaches and drops the item.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, Manchis' heroic deed left the dog with damage to her vocal chords, and her bark has shifted into a low rasp, Zarate added to the outlet.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Guards barking over speakers ordered her not to speak or even to move.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
The footage from the incident shows the dog barking and staring as the individual with the dynamite approaches and drops the item.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
Willow Bark Tea The bark of willow trees has been used as a pain medication worldwide for over 3,500 years.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
Unfortunately, Manchis' heroic deed left the dog with damage to her vocal chords, and her bark has shifted into a low rasp, Zarate added to the outlet.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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This will mark the first time LL Cool J, 57, is steering the ship solo.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Maybe ship Enid with somebody her own age.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The same year the Earl of Chatham was discovered in Scotland, a storm in Massachusetts exposed a wrecked schooner from 1909, another on North Carolina’s Outer Banks’s revealed the remains of a boat from 1919 and storms in Maine resurfaced yet another 18th century vessel on a beach.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 Aug. 2025
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The source is a wooden schooner named the James R. Bentley that's been sitting in Lake Huron for nearly 150 years.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Thales has completed Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) for both the Mission System and the Combat System on the Royal Navy’s new Type 31 Inspiration-class frigates.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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British officials, seeking economies of scale for their own navy and to boost Scotland’s shipyard industry, had heavily promoted the BAE Systems’ frigates, known as the T-26 City-class.—
Reuters 22 min ago,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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An avuncular figure in his 70s with the physique of a man who has enjoyed life, Pier Luigi fell in love with sailing in his late teens, when a family friend took him for a cruise in a sloop.—
Paul Croughton,
Robb Report,
10 Aug. 2025
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In July, Aniston was spotted enjoying a yacht trip off the coast of Mallorca — where she was joined by friends including Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka — and Curtis was with her for the vacation.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Fires on yachts have been in the news.—
Rachel Ingram,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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That was enough to buy him a space on a derelict dinghy, with some 70 others, hoping soon to see England’s white cliffs.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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The outlet reported a rescue boat was deployed to help the man, who was pulled from the sea onto a dinghy, but did not survive.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Bark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bark. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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