bear up
Example Sentences
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To bear up under the higher stress, the PDK’s clutches, gearsets and bevel gear have all been reinforced.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
“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
One of them is that visitors should "never try to photograph a bear up close".
From BBC • Sep. 26, 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
The finished tattoos wouldn’t bear up under any kind of close scrutiny, but hopefully they would do.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
