bear
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"Sometimes when she gets so disappointed at home," he cannot bear it, he admitted.
From Barron's β Aug. 11, 2026
He assured Sen. John Cornyn that “other agencies or departments” somehow binds only the IRS and Treasury, a reading Cornyn told him the text will not bear.
From Slate β Aug. 10, 2026
Before his death three decades later he arranged to leave most of his fortune to establish the annual prizes that now bear the family’s name.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 9, 2026
The students at the Ivy league university had legally hunted the bear off campus and brought it back to the dorm to process the meat, according to the Cornell Daily Sun.
From Salon β Aug. 8, 2026
The bear turned and began moving back towards Torak.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
More than a century later, Cornell apparently still has bears turning up on campus — though university officials would now prefer students not butcher them in the dorm kitchen.
From Salon β Aug. 8, 2026
And yet, for the third week in a row, the proportion of bears was greater than that of bulls.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 7, 2026
Mr. Zelensky watched from the gallery as the Senate advanced a bill that now bears Graham’s name.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 7, 2026
One of the main things he bears in mind when deciding where to moor up is ensuring he can get to and from work from there.
From BBC β Aug. 6, 2026
What happened when all the new animals in the north killed off the arctic foxes and belugas and narwhals and polar bears that already lived there?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Architect Dr Rachel O'Grady, who specialises in urban strategy, told BBC News NI "the bare bones of a really excellent city is there".
From BBC β Aug. 10, 2026
Her bank accounts were stripped bare by Medicaid during her illness.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 6, 2026
Japan's defence ministry declined to comment directly on Kim Yo Jong's Wednesday diatribe but said the country's defence capabilities "remain bare minimum" and "are not meant to threaten other countries".
From Barron's β Aug. 6, 2026
The day was sticky enough that the plastic adhered to my bare shoulder.
From Salon β Aug. 4, 2026
She settles in against her pillows, and I can see for sure that the wall over her bed is bare.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Making things all the more difficult was the culpability that some players beared for the team’s fortunes.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 17, 2025
“We had a couple of opportunities to strike when we had some baserunners on. It seems like when we got to those positions, that’s when their guys beared down and made some pitches.”
From Washington Times β Oct. 9, 2020
Wrestling fans around the world beared witness to some of the most iconic moments in WWE history at Sunday night’s edition of WrestleMania.
From Fox News β Apr. 8, 2019
"We got some runners on, and he beared down and started pitching different with runners in scoring position," Gomes said.
From Seattle Times β Aug. 26, 2011
After a hesitation, he turned back to Kira and said in a low voice, ‘‘I beared them talking.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Weston also warned special administration could see taxpayers left bearing the cost.
From BBC β Aug. 10, 2026
In all those incidents, bearing witness galvanized the public.
From Salon β Aug. 6, 2026
The jacket belonged to his late father, whom he remembers hovering over a record player, bearing songs from a more thrilling world.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 5, 2026
He returned again and again, each time with a new sign bearing another conversation prompt.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 4, 2026
The twins were doing their best to steady her by hoisting her arms around their shoulders and bearing most of her weight, but she still looked like she was ready to keel over.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe GarcΓa McCall
He said social media platforms bore responsibility for not rebutting in time the content that encouraged last week's rush, warning it was "very likely" a similar event would happen "in any part of the world".
From Barron's β Aug. 6, 2026
They are rushing full bore toward that three-peat and, to the delight of the most appreciative fans in baseball, nothing is going to get in their way.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 2, 2026
One of these objects would be cheaply humorous; a gallery full of them turns into a bore.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 24, 2026
England's only significant change in the India series was a new opening combination of Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell, and it bore fruit at Lord's.
From BBC β Jul. 20, 2026
The new part, containing the schoolroom and dormitory, was lit by mullioned and latticed windows, which gave it a church-like aspect; a stone tablet over the door bore this inscription:—
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
He was born in Africa to Indian parents, who brought him to the U.S. at a young age, and bought a motel in Virginia, putting him to work at the age of 14.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 10, 2026
Putellas was born in a municipality of Catalonia called Mollet del Valles in the province of Barcelona, and regularly watched games at Nou Camp as a child.
From BBC β Aug. 9, 2026
Clarke was born in Vancouver and was a dual citizen of Canada and the USA.
From BBC β Aug. 8, 2026
Ruby’s two cubs were born on July 2 and were the first red pandas born at the zoo in more than 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 8, 2026
My dad had been a Glitcher too, but he’d died on a mission before I was born.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
The editorial’s concerns over stablecoin rewards and their risk to bank deposits aren’t borne out by recent data.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 6, 2026
The Ventura County district attorney said his county “has borne the brunt of the greatest disaster of its kind in the history of the State” — and he was clear on who deserved the blame.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 6, 2026
For the Andromeda team, the bulk of any potential losses is likely to be borne by the life-insurance companies that own as much as $35 trillion of these assets.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 5, 2026
This means many of the losses incurred in the attacks have been borne by businesses.
From BBC β Jul. 22, 2026
If one is continually surviving the worst that life can bring, one eventually ceases to be controlled by a fear of what life can bring; whatever it brings must be borne.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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