bear
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Glover says technology companies should bear some responsibility, suggesting they should provide headphones at railway stations or return to automatically selling them with phones.
From BBC β Aug. 5, 2026
Backyard spa proves too tempting for this bear.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 4, 2026
But the largest reminder of his legacy are his children, Chris Candy and Jennifer Candy-Sullivan, who not only bear a striking resemblance to their parents, but also exude their warmth and spirit.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 4, 2026
If you have pets, keep them inside when a bear is patrolling.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 3, 2026
With a single snap of his powerful jaws, Wolf tore the ravenskin pouch from her belt -knocking her off her feet, out of reach of the bear -then sped out of the cave.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
One of the main things he bears in mind when deciding where to moor up is ensuring he can get to and from work from there.
From BBC β Aug. 6, 2026
Prosecutors asked that the charges be dismissed because the evidence no longer supported Pirro’s claim, evidence that, it bears repeating, had been available to the government the entire time.
From Salon β Aug. 4, 2026
Its appearance bears little obvious resemblance to the spiders and scorpions that descended from its broader evolutionary lineage.
From Science Daily β Aug. 4, 2026
The Bank of Japan also bears much of the blame.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 3, 2026
He and George glowered at each other, their breaths coming out hot and fast from their noses like two polar bears squaring off in a fight.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
He follows a carnivore diet, picks up snakes with his bare hands, and pushes videos of himself doing pushups shirtless and in jeans.
From Slate β Jul. 29, 2026
“What is required by law as far as disclosure should be treated as the bare minimum,” he said.
From Salon β Jul. 24, 2026
Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations.
From Barron's β Jul. 20, 2026
Disease, disturbance and pollution have meant vast swathes of once vibrant green seabed have been left bare.
From BBC β Jul. 20, 2026
That didn’t stop her from following me, so I tried to shut out the sound of her bare feet plopping along in the dust.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Making things all the more difficult was the culpability that some players beared for the team’s fortunes.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 17, 2025
“The guys put their mind to it and beared down. Kind of: ‘Enough’s enough,’” Reid said.
From Seattle Times β Oct. 17, 2021
Wrestling fans around the world beared witness to some of the most iconic moments in WWE history at Sunday night’s edition of WrestleMania.
From Fox News β Apr. 8, 2019
The recovery effort is just begging on those Gulf Coast states when Irma beared down on Florida.
From Washington Times β Sep. 10, 2017
After a hesitation, he turned back to Kira and said in a low voice, ‘‘I beared them talking.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
In all those incidents, bearing witness galvanized the public.
From Salon β Aug. 6, 2026
The jacket belonged to his late father, whom he remembers hovering over a record player, bearing songs from a more thrilling world.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 5, 2026
Renault RNO 2.80%increase; up pointing triangle reaffirmed its full-year outlook and said cost-cutting efforts were bearing fruit after reporting revenue growth in the first half of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 29, 2026
After a two-year rally that has seen several markets and companies around hit record highs, the air is blowing out, with chip firms bearing the brunt of the selling.
From Barron's β Jul. 29, 2026
But Bessie, as soon as she had dressed her young ladies, used to take herself off to the lively regions of the kitchen and housekeeper’s room, generally bearing the candle along with her.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
He said social media platforms bore responsibility for not rebutting in time the content that encouraged last week's rush, warning it was "very likely" a similar event would happen "in any part of the world".
From Barron's β Aug. 6, 2026
Skubal bore down and got out of the inning with a flyout from Taylor.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 5, 2026
Scientists noted, too, that amphetamine bore a chemical resemblance to dopamine, adding further weight to the connection between dopamine and schizophrenia.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 28, 2026
England's only significant change in the India series was a new opening combination of Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell, and it bore fruit at Lord's.
From BBC β Jul. 20, 2026
The envelope bore the seal of the Haarlem police.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Lower courts blocked that move, ruling that under the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, nearly everyone born on US soil is an American citizen.
From Barron's β Aug. 6, 2026
Fecofa stressed that the episode, born of good intentions, should not overshadow Infantino's wider record.
From BBC β Aug. 6, 2026
Tibetans view swaths of China as their homeland, including the county of Kardze in Sichuan province on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau where Lobga was born.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 6, 2026
And it is still, for me and for the strangers arriving on its shore, the difference between drowning and being born.
From Salon β Aug. 5, 2026
It was not Karli’s fault he had been born like that.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
For the Andromeda team, the bulk of any potential losses is likely to be borne by the life-insurance companies that own as much as $35 trillion of these assets.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 5, 2026
The choreographer’s wide-ranging and sometimes offbeat musical choices have regularly led to our seeing him as a music man, which has been borne out during his dancemaking career.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 27, 2026
He does not need to lift his team into the postseason, a burden often borne by marquee free agents signed to put their team over the top.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 20, 2026
Seoul, which has borne the brunt of the losses, jumped as much as seven percent at one point.
From Barron's β Jul. 15, 2026
She had borne four children and suffered three miscarriages, but her stomach was as hard and flat as her hand.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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