bear up

Example Sentences

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Offsetting these gains are the continued tariffs, of which consumers could bear up to $100 billion of the cost, Evercore figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

“A police car with an air horn or the siren, we would push the bear up out of the community. Fifteen minutes later, they were right back downtown,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

"Was it because you had no answers to give to the police that would bear up to scrutiny?"

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

One study from a group of international economists estimates that high-income countries could bear up to half of the global economic losses arising from global vaccine inequity.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

“Do you stick that gummy bear up your nose to taste it?”

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold