borne

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“The consequences of any self-dealing by Altman could be borne by our state pensions and individual investors, creating enormous financial risk.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The company’s investment model, borne from Buffett’s six decades in the business, is “a model everyone should follow,” he noted.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

So far, Google’s outsize investments have borne fruit: last quarter, cloud-unit sales were up 48% from the year before, with 154% operating profit growth.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

The efforts of the Joneses and their abolitionist friends had borne fruit.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield