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bear

[bair] / bɛər /






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She wanted to move there, but she couldn’t bear the idea of giving up her rate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

The waste is particularly difficult to bear because salmon fishing has been severely restricted -- and even outright banned -- for years among the Indigenous communities along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

The incident in November of last year saw 11 people injured, two of them critically, while the bear responsible was never found.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Also understand how the timing of withdrawing investments can impact your overall balance, such as if you’re taking a distribution in a bear market when it will take longer for your portfolio to recover.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

The light was fading, but he could still make out the bear tracks, and he didn’t want Wolf touching them.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Four grizzly bears have been killed in connection with a fatal attack on a mother and daughter in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

"The circumstances surrounding this tragic incident, which has deeply saddened our nation, including how and why it happened, whether there was any negligence and who bears responsibility, will be established," Erdogan said on television.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

“The bulls needed only a slight taste of heating demands to chase the bears off the board and put us firmly over $3,” Gary Cunningham of Tradition Energy says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

The phenomenon, known as "gravitational reconnection," bears an unexpected resemblance to a process responsible for some of the Sun's most powerful eruptions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

The big tires helped protect the fragile permafrost below, and kept the tourists up high, out of the reach of curious polar bears.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Even “minor” Almodóvar has its strengths, although it’s ironic that, by laying bare his history as a creative magpie, he ends up a bit blocked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The scandal also lays bare an extraordinary governance vacuum: Nvidia lacks a chairman or succession plan, and it denied Huang’s relationship only for him to later acknowledge it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

“Taking back the insurance cuts of last year is the bare minimum right now,” Dutta wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

The anonymous satirical art activist group Secret Handshake is at it again — this time erecting a giant golden statue of a seated President Trump rubbing a bare foot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Then he’d reach down under the log and grab a fish in his big bare hands.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Making things all the more difficult was the culpability that some players beared for the team’s fortunes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025

“We found ourselves in a two-possession game in the fourth quarter, and we beared down and won the game,” South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley said on Friday.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

“The guys put their mind to it and beared down. Kind of: ‘Enough’s enough,’” Reid said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2021

“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

After a hesitation, he turned back to Kira and said in a low voice, ‘‘I beared them talking.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

I certainly wasn’t thinking about how our text might be censored by an authoritarian government halfway across the world, but that was the news that email came bearing.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026

"The situation with Nvidia should not really have any bearing on the trip," a second US senior official said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Developers could build these systems or contract with private suppliers, with investors paying for the infrastructure and bearing the financial risk if the project fails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Whether or not you give money to your sister has no bearing on your esteem, respect or love for her.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

With his neatly groomed white beard and distinguished features, he had the bearing of a holy tzaddik.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Elinor, practical but melancholy, bore the difficulties her husband had created for his family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Exercising the waiver authority was "essential" for the US-Egypt relationship, "particularly in light of Egypt's helpful role following Operation Epic Fury," according to the September 4 memo seen by Reuters which bore Rubio's signature.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

By then, at least half a dozen schools across America bore her name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“The AI trade bore the brunt of the mover lower,” he added, with the AI bottleneck and power themes also badly hit.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

So while Reuben bore down on Miami, Natalie, Mama, and Tía Beatriz settled on the couch to eat ice cream and watch telenovelas.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Liu, the former Harvard mathematician, was born in 1965 on the campus of Tsinghua, which was founded in 1911 to prepare Chinese students for American universities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

The students must be born and raised in Baltimore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

Dearns, who now speaks the language fluently and whose son was born in the country, was moved to tears during his adopted nation's anthem at the last World Cup.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Bradford, a visual artist, was born and raised in South-Central L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

"And his mother and father were born in Womengo. Their mothers and fathers were born in Womengo. It is sad that we will not see our village ever again."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Our publisher, on the other hand, had already borne the cost of paying us, the editors, the photographer, the designer, and everyone else involved in producing our book.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026

“The feeling is very clearly that all fiscal sacrifice should be borne by someone else—the rich, foreigners, immigrants, the Defense Department.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

"The additional cost is borne by the state," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

His hunch is borne out by data: the tracker OpenRouter says the five most popular models this model are Chinese.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

But they were carried down a canal, passersby turning to stare as they were borne through the water.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell


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