bear
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So as you get older, your brain is less able to register these signals and may cause your joints to bear weight unevenly.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
A desperate ploy to end a long-running war took more from him than he could bear.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
He noted the peninsula had once been home to animals such as pronghorn, sea otter, North American porcupine, Humboldt marten, gray wolf, American black bear, grizzlies, northern fur seal and Steller sea lion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
According to research conducted by Brad Cornell, who was a professor emeritus of financial economics at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management, the majority of the market’s biggest one-day spikes occurred during bear markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Torak began to see bear shapes in the fog.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
“You can hear the wind. You can hear the bears walking,” Dunsmuir said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
In Pereira, home to half a million people, every single street bears proof of what happened.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
But there’s something sweeter about this version of McConaughey and it’s due in large part to his performance opposite LookingGlass, who bears a quiet magnetism onscreen and capably shoulders her portion of the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
About 250 polar bears were counted in the archipelago during the last scientific estimate, carried out in 2015.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Her windowsill is covered in flowers, cards, and a few stuffed teddy bears.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
The US actress turned heads in an outfit that showed off her bare bump at the launch of her new film, The End of Oak Street, in Los Angeles on Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Price discovery is critical, else you get hoarding, shortages and bare shelves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Japan's defence ministry declined to comment directly on Kim Yo Jong's Wednesday diatribe but said the country's defence capabilities "remain bare minimum" and "are not meant to threaten other countries".
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Her bank accounts were stripped bare by Medicaid during her illness.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The shrieking brakes set, and live steam singed our bare feet.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Herbert escaped the pocket to his left and slung a pass while falling away as defenders beared down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
Hurricane Otis interrupted tropical vacations for some visitors and put a stop to a mining convention in Acapulco, Mexico, as the storm beared down on the city early Wednesday.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
“We had a couple of opportunities to strike when we had some baserunners on. It seems like when we got to those positions, that’s when their guys beared down and made some pitches.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2020
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 ● Apr. 8, 2019
After a hesitation, he turned back to Kira and said in a low voice, ‘‘I beared them talking.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Bush never quite lost his boarding school bearing.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Pereira's worst affected neighborhoods were also its most impoverished, with homeless people, Venezuelan migrants and street vendors in precarious situations bearing the brunt of the impact.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I was aware of bearing an adult burden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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 ● Aug. 5, 2026
Though it probably occurred too late to have much, if any, bearing on the results, the most dramatic event of the campaign was provided by Hamilton.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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 ● Aug. 6, 2026
Later that afternoon, about four miles away outside of Home Depot in Pasadena, organizers staked in the ground dozens of white crosses that bore photos of the dead — the majority of them men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
One of these objects would be cheaply humorous; a gallery full of them turns into a bore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Among the British nationals who died were couple Pete and Fran Gillam, who lived in Bédar, the village that bore the brunt of the wildfires.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
We both listened for a moment as the footsteps bore closer.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
He could be the next success story from Nigeria, where he was born and lived until coming to the area as a freshman while living with a host family, the Franklins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Superman, Wonder Woman and Thor were born to greatness.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Anwar's three-year-old daughter was born after the truce and has "no idea what war is", he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins, grew up in a council house in Neath, and is survived by her husband of more than 50 years, Robert Sullivan.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
His real name is Ralph, but his parents nicknamed him in Ojibwe after Animal, from the Muppets, because he’s been pounding and tapping everything in reach since he was born.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It is borne heavily by spouses and parents, who watch the news with a knot in their stomach, worrying endlessly about the physical safety, mental strain and welfare of their loved ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Australia also also benefits from a unique volunteer firefighting service borne out of its vast geography.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Over the weekend, an uneasy ceasefire established itself across the Persian Gulf, suggesting Signum’s theories had been borne out and validated by events.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
However, supporters of Hayya successfully argued that Gaza's leadership, having borne the brunt of the conflict, should now lead the movement.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the later years of his life Theseus married Ariadne’s sister Phaedra, and thereby drew down terrible misfortunes on her and on himself and on his son Hippolytus, the son the Amazon had borne him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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