Baring
Americannoun
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Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
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Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer, 1841–1917, British statesman and diplomat.
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Example Sentences
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And Rowan, screaming, watched as the back of the cave came to life, opened its blood-red eyes, and lunged for him, shaking snow and ice from its shining white scales, baring its dripping teeth.
From Literature
At the bottom, I’d draw a picture of Lulu sitting right in front of my door, baring her teeth and hissing, “STAY OUT, please.”
From Literature
No, impossible—but just in case, I growl, and it hisses, baring its pointy little teeth.
From Literature
“If there are unique assets, such as extraordinary gas fields in the Arctic, I wouldn’t be surprised if companies moved to secure an option to access those,” said Michael Calvey, chairman of private-equity firm Baring Ventures, who worked as a financier in Russia for three decades.
His firm Baring Vostok financed tech companies such as Yandex, Russia’s answer to Google.
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