bear
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Now, as I take a turn too fast, I can’t bear the thought of never seeing him again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Part of the reason is that bigger companies can more easily bear higher costs of capital, while a strategic preference for larger companies also supported mega-deals, according to Mergermarket’s Guthrie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Walker’s case argues that all of these parties bear some responsibility.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
Back then, stocks were mired in a painful bear market as the Federal Reserve kicked off an aggressive series of interest-rate hikes that many feared would drive the U.S. economy into a recession.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
From the sound of it, the human children had traveled two hundred bear paces westward.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Yet Mr. Hegseth seems determined to shrink his support with gratuitous potshots, and that bears on whether the Administration can boost recruitment or confront new technology in warfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Unlike many large adult male bears, Backpack hasn't shown much aggression toward his competitors," his contestant profile says.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The loss came as such clashes are increasing, with climate change and urban sprawl bringing people closer to bears, mountain lions and other animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Backpack's biography says his "quiet toughness has allowed him to find his niche alongside the biggest bears at Brooks River".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
It was how the bears investigated something new, spiraling in toward it to assess the threat.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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The land has been harvested—stripped bare, in fact—but that means it’s also time to plant the winter wheat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Defense contractors are spending billions to build factories and increase production to stock America’s nearly bare cupboard of highly engineered missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Others point out bare nails often demand their own time-consuming and costly routine.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The way that the immigration detention system works is that you need to know where your client is detained in order to be able to schedule a legal call with them, at a bare minimum.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
They could strip a cornstalk bare quick as you can snap your fingers.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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“He just beared down and made pitches when he needed to,” manager Dave Roberts said, “versus feeling it with the mechanics or being uncertain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
“We found ourselves in a two-possession game in the fourth quarter, and we beared down and won the game,” South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley said on Friday.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
“The guys put their mind to it and beared down. Kind of: ‘Enough’s enough,’” Reid said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
“We had a couple of opportunities to strike when we had some baserunners on. It seems like when we got to those positions, that’s when their guys beared down and made some pitches.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2020
After a hesitation, he turned back to Kira and said in a low voice, ‘‘I beared them talking.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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The grunge that Ms. Teitelbaum channels is a serious, heavy sound with intimations of darkness and trauma, and even in its heyday the genre was sometimes criticized for its solemn bearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The government says it is bearing down on dangerous small boat crossings, with figures showing a sharp drop in arrivals this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
It also released an image of a drone bearing the ironic message "Digital Detox", confirming that the strikes were aimed at disrupting internet access in Ukraine.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Rather than risking damage to the cards, a redemption card bearing a code serves as a placeholder in the pack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
He waits for her to begin, his expression bearing something that could be construed as very mild interest.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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She said her own CDU party in Saxony also bore responsibility for the decision.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Semiconductor stocks bore the brunt of the statements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
He knew the work might bore him but figured it would expose him to potential employers offering more exciting roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
While in the field, we encountered bore holes from bauxite mining exploration.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
I believe in my heart of hearts that he suffered as much about Lucy’s death as any of us; but he bore himself through it like a moral Viking.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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When a baby is born, or your daughter gets married, do you read a piece of legislation to commemorate the occasion or do you quote a poem, or dedicate a song?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Francesca Hallett, defending, said that Abdela had managed to "escape" war-torn Eritrea, where he was born.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
She opens her monologue by describing a hypothetical figure born to great privilege.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
He had a particular fondness for the 1990 vintage, the year Bigelow, his only child, was born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Mother asked the night sounds to tell her the number of children she’d born.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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For Aston Martin, though, this was confirmation that changes they have made to their car in recent races have borne fruit.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
That is borne out in research, which shows relational organizing works because young people trust their neighbors or community networks far more than national parties.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
"To see those predictions borne out is a beautiful thing."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
He was being borne up by something down there, beneath him.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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