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
"Was it because you had no answers to give to the police that would bear up to scrutiny?"
From BBC • Jun. 16, 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
Having lost her courage, in a miserable state of demoralization, Meme had no other recourse but to bear up under it.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
