bring to bear

Example Sentences

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Morally if not legally, they deserve more grief than whatever the Justice Department manages to bring to bear on them, which won’t be much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"There are a number of threats that Iran...potentially could bring to bear against that type of escort mission," said Jonathan Schroden, chief research officer at the Center for Naval Analyses.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

He hopes “to bring to bear at the federal level many of the changes that we’re leading with here in California,” and has said promoting electric cars and solar and wind energy isn’t enough.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024

“We generally have social pressure which we can bring to bear on those types of incidents,” which can involve gauging a perpetrator’s intent, she said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

This is interesting, since a city is the most concentrated aggregation of humans, all exerting whatever influence they can bring to bear.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas