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bear

[bair] / bɛər /






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You could argue that the managers of costlier ETFs are just charging whatever the market will bear, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the U.S., people with limited English proficiency bear the most risk.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

"The Prime Minister extends his condolences to the bereaved families and prays for them to have the strength and patience to bear this irreparable loss," the statement said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Saeed said the entire structure, which had "substandard" roof slabs, was "overloaded" and beyond the limit of how much weight it could bear.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Now, as the fog closed in again and she fumbled for the arrows, she pictured the bear climbing the hill towards her.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The statement says that Blair, 54, has a neurological disorder that "bears directly on how a medical episode presents to people who do not know her".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

But a U.S. agency said almost two-thirds of current offshore oil output was shut-in as of Thursday morning as Hurricane Isaias bears down on the Gulf Coast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Sightings of bears around humans are becoming more common in Mongolia, for reasons that include climate change and food scarcity.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Also, while bears have constantly cited narrow market breadth as a cause for concern, this has been the case throughout the last four years of this bull market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Owen had seen polar bears do the same thing to the tundra buggy.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

For the next 50 million years they had no leaves and conducted photosynthesis in their bare stems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It appears that most of those terrestrial planets don't -- they're just bare rock.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

No one sits staring mournfully at the bare lacquered table.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

"My dad passed away when I was very young, and my mom did everything she could to provide for us, often with just the bare minimum," says Wally.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

This is the bare minimum, the absolute least he could do.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

“He just beared down and made pitches when he needed to,” manager Dave Roberts said, “versus feeling it with the mechanics or being uncertain.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

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

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

“He gave up a lot of hits but beared down when he had to. He pitched well enough to win and he pitched well enough to lose. We just couldn’t score.”

From Washington Times ● Jun. 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

Wardley, sporting Ipswich Town's newly-launched third kit with his name printed on the sleeve, was still bearing the scars of his punishing defeat in Manchester five months ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Quen was identified in July thanks to a scrap of paper bearing his name that was found with his remains, and DNA samples that matched his relatives.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Nori Juba, 61, found what he was looking for: a large sign bearing the name of Grand Central station, along with the numbers of the subway lines he takes every day.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Asia is bearing most of the demand adjustment, with higher LNG prices encouraging switching to coal in power generation and fuel substitution in industry, particularly in India and China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

We set out for Babci’s on a perfect August afternoon, meeting at the train station, me carrying one small bag—the country did not require much of a wardrobe—and Olka bearing a trunk.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Seoul and Tokyo again bore the brunt of the selling as traders bailed out of once-imperious chipmakers, though the selling was heavy across most of the region, tracking sharp losses on Wall Street.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Oil drillers operating in the Gulf of Mexico shut in production and evacuated personnel from offshore facilities as Hurricane Isaias bore down on the coast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

What would Ian Wright make of the prank that bore his name?

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Semiconductor stocks bore the brunt of the statements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

It bore an uncanny resemblance to a prison: a large, bricked-in compound with walls at least twice his height.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The light captured by Webb in 2023, which provided the observations used in the study, had actually left the brown dwarf during the year Schrader was born.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

This is something Rodriguez, who is half Puerto Rican and half Dominican, born and raised in the States, also personally relates to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Several young protesters told the BBC that what was going on now was a new phase born of the previous movement.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some of the Kumuls of today are second-generation Papuans born and raised in Australia, such as Leigh back-rower Jacob Alick-Weincke.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

A magic that I was born with, that grew inside me, deep in my bones.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

"To see those predictions borne out is a beautiful thing."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

And in some cases, that idea has borne fruit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Continuing his evidence on Wednesday, Beggs said: "All of the interactions with the police and VC from my constabulary were borne of mental illness."

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The life that has borne me through these years is still in my hands and my eyes.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque


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