bear
Example Sentences
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A bear market takes its name from the way a bear attacks, swiping its paws downward, an apt image for falling prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
It makes travel easier, helps you learn still more languages, and gives you lessons in humility when, no matter how fluent you are, you realize your French will always bear an Anglo accent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Stocks came within a whisker of a new bear market, Treasury yields spiked and the VIX “fear gauge” reached a level not seen since the Covid-19 panic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
A close at or below that price, which is 20% below its Jan. 6 record close, would mean to many that the stock has entered a bear market.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Every bush and boulder took on bear form.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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