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We present a search for the rare $B$-meson decay ${B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{a}_{1}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\rho}}^{\ensuremath{\mp}}$ with ${a}_{1}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}$. We use $(110\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.2)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{6}\text{ }\text{ }\mathit{\ensuremath{\Upsilon}}(4S)\ensuremath{\rightarrow}B\overline{B}$ decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ Factory at SLAC. We obtain an upper limit of $30\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}6}\text{ }\text{ }(90%\mathrm{C}.\mathrm{L}.)$ for the branching fraction product $\mathcal{B}({B}^{0}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{a}_{1}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}{\ensuremath{\rho}}^{\ensuremath{\mp}})\mathcal{B}({a}_{1}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}})$, where we assume that …