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But will that be borne out when the hard campaigning gets under way?

From BBC • May 22, 2026

That has largely been borne out by performance over the last 10 and one-half years, during which investment-grade interest rates have more than doubled.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

In Houston, at least, most of the organizing costs are not expected to be borne by local governments.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

A continued standoff risks inflicting further damage on the Gulf countries, which have borne the brunt of Iran’s retaliatory strikes so far.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Could they exist side by side, two such opposites, like the love and hate he’d borne for three long years?

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor