bear on

Example Sentences

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer vowed to "bring the full power of the state to bear" on the issue.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Morally if not legally, they deserve more grief than whatever the Justice Department manages to bring to bear on them, which won’t be much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Goldberg, who is the lone Nvidia bear on Wall Street, noted that the chip maker commands more than 80% of the market for AI chips — a market that “is still growing massively.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Even the lone remaining bear on Wall Street had to hand it to Seagate.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

This tale I must tell in full, for only Elrond has heard it yet, and that in brief; but it will bear on all that we must resolve.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien