brunt
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Small businesses are bearing the brunt of rising fuel prices, the owner of a haulage company has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
At the beginning of the year, the rotation bore the brunt of the injury bug, with left-hander Blake Snell and right-hander Tyler Glasnow missing months of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Britain took the brunt of Israel's anger, but the fact that 12 countries chose to move together clearly sharpened the sense of outrage.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Many small and midsize Canadian business owners producing everything from honey to art to cosmetics are expected to bear the brunt of the pain from President Trump’s new tariffs, the Journal’s Amanda Coletta writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The off-center load presented unequal force to the four remaining bolts, the defective one bearing the brunt of it.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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