bear out

Example Sentences

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Statistics on their par-saving success bear out their confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials were able to lure that bear out using peanut butter and rotisserie chicken and relocate it to the Angeles National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

But the data don’t bear out the footage, Powell said, though he couldn’t say with absolute certainty that the fire was not caused by Edison lines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

And it’s possible that this further research, with more women included, will bear out the impressive benefits of rapamycin for fertility.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024

But what Kaz Czarnecki intuited, and what the years would bear out, was this: Mary Jackson had the soul of an engineer.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly