Bars
Bars noun - Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights.
Devices
Devices noun - An inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'.
Both words in one sentence
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By the time municipal bans on pinball machines ended in the mid-70s, they were already fairly ubiquitous devices, filling up bowling alleys, laundromats, shops, and bars.
Source: Useful Notes / Arcade Game -
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, CJ will sway from side to side and sing a few bars of a random hip-hop song if left to his own devices.
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While Super Mario Forever had only fire bars, blocks and moving platforms, the many traps and devices of Super Mario World make their appearance here.
Source: Platform Hell
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