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borne

adjective as in carried

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"She was loved and admired across the globe for her steadfast devotion to duty, borne with grace, decency and restraint."

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Moreover, the type of imports that have disproportionately borne the burden of tariffs so far this year, such as imports from China, tend to be lower-priced goods, he added.

From BBC

Most people on a job site have legal status, Harris said, “but if shovels never hit the ground, the costs are being borne by everybody, and it’s slowing the rebuilding of L.A.”

It was a problem, Bates insisted, borne of good intentions.

As does Nacua, who has said that his physical style was borne from competing against older brothers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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