bearing
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When I walked in, the only immediate clue that the doctor there had just won a much-contested congressional primary was a small cluster of campaign posters bearing his name behind the check-in desk.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The lawsuit recruiters came to their town bearing gifts, several residents told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
In this tale, a 9-year-old girl named Ildr, who has recently lost her mother to a plague, encounters a stranger bearing extraordinary inventions such as eyeglasses and a firearm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Researchers collected 20 bracken stems bearing scars left by females as they deposited eggs inside the plant tissue.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
I started from Baltimore bearing the name of “Stanley.”
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
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The next big bottleneck trade might have more to do with bearings than microchips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The next big bottleneck trade might have more to do with bearings than microchips.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Over two visits to the new building, getting my physical bearings mattered less and less as I surrendered to the generative sensations of not knowing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
"During the journey, the passengers lost their bearings and remained at sea for six days without food or water," the coastguard stated.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
The punt had been drifting broadside on, but now one end swung forward, so that Hazel lost his bearings and found that he was no longer looking at the bridge but at the bank.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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