bearing
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The list of failed enterprises bearing his family moniker is as long as it is embarrassing.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
After the wreckage was recovered from the ocean, the report said, an examination revealed that a bearing failed in the high-pressure fuel pump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
These restrictions have a direct bearing on the usefulness of the tools.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Small businesses are bearing the brunt of rising fuel prices, the owner of a haulage company has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
I started from Baltimore bearing the name of “Stanley.”
From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass
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The straight lines on the Peters map do not represent true constant compass bearings and so are useless for navigation.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Purveyors of bearings, fasteners, pneumatics and other manufacturing staples should see demand outpace their capacity to easily meet it, potentially leading to bottlenecks similar to what investors are seeing with memory chips.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
“The second is the component layer beneath them, the motors, reducers, bearings, sensors, and power content inside the machines themselves.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
GM built trucks, tanks, guns, shells, ball bearings, aircraft and ship engines for the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
I try to get my bearings, but I cannot see beyond my own hands, my own feet.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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