bearing
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She climbs on his back, whereupon the deceitful Zeus abducts her, bearing her westward across the waters toward Crete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Chief Executive Stephane de La Faverie said Estee Lauder’s turnaround is bearing fruit, with another quarter of sales growth and stronger profitability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The UK Home Office says its work with countries like Germany "is bearing fruit".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"The discoveries from the excavations, especially coins bearing Homer's likeness, show us that the inhabitants of ancient Smyrna considered the poet to be one of their own," archaeologist Mehmet Akif Erdem said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Most people would have termed her a splendid woman of her age: and so she was, no doubt, physically speaking; but then there was an expression of almost insupportable haughtiness in her bearing and countenance.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Then on Monday he posted a video to Telegram filmed in Paris, saying: "Right now, I need to get my bearings and figure out what to do next. I'll write about my plans later."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Then once he started to find his bearings, UCLA’s coach was fired.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
One possibility is that this new Fed moves too slowly to respond to the oil-price shock while it finds its intellectual bearings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Morgan Stanley projected annual bearings sales tied to robotics will rise from about 200 million units in 2025 to more than 40 billion units by 2050.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Before jumping down he took a rapid glance round him to get his bearings.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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