bear
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Neither do they appear motivated to acquire pieces that bear no relationship to each other besides the designation “masterpiece.”
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 2, 2026
In March, the Treasury announced that US paper money would soon bear Trump's signature -- another first for a sitting US president.
From Barron's β Sep. 2, 2026
Arsenal's interest in Atletico Madrid's Argentina forward Julian Alvarez did not bear fruit, despite their attempts to persuade him away from his preferred destination of Barcelona.
From BBC β Sep. 2, 2026
They targeted parcels of vineyard that represent its future: vines aged 4 to 8, old enough to bear fruit but too weak to endure the heat.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 31, 2026
Even if Wolf did find a way back, he’d be bringing the bear with him, drawn by the river eyes.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
As the intense heat bears down on a tent where people can charge their devices, we initially meet two young Egyptian men who are visibly tired and disheartened.
From BBC β Sep. 3, 2026
A family of black bears are safe after being rescued from a large water tank in La Verne amid a dangerous heat wave in Los Angeles, according to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 30, 2026
The water tank is “now being secured to prevent bears or other wildlife from becoming trapped there in the future,” the Department of Fish and Wildlife said.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 30, 2026
The Aug. 5 letter followed that guide by setting a deadline for a response from Cook and arguing that her alleged conduct bears on her honesty and competence as a financial regulator.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 26, 2026
Tourists always wanted to see the DNR chase polar bears, but Owen and George had both seen it happen so many times they didn’t need to stay and watch.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Our U.S. employees turn bare metal into products like aircraft components, fencing, windows, accessibility ramps, truck bodies, solar racking and thousands of other products.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 2026
On Douyin, China's equivalent of TikTok, videos of users cracking open fruit with their bare hands have been watched billions of times.
From Barron's β Aug. 30, 2026
Because now “it’s the bare minimum,” said forward Dearica Hamby, whose input — dedicated spaces for family and naps — was incorporated into the building’s design.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 27, 2026
But the number of toilets did not match the number of visitors and a popular boat race in 1870 laid bare the lack of facilities.
From BBC β Aug. 23, 2026
Her arms were covered, except that the forearms were bare and blotchy.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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
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
The recovery effort is just begging on those Gulf Coast states when Irma beared down on Florida.
From Washington Times β Sep. 10, 2017
“When we had those opportunities to get runs, he beared down and made some really good pitches in some tough situations,” Jackson said.
From Seattle Times β Sep. 7, 2014
After a hesitation, he turned back to Kira and said in a low voice, ‘‘I beared them talking.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
She ate alongside her employees, who were almost all decked out in black slacks and pink polo shirts bearing her firm’s name and its hummingbird logo.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 3, 2026
On their way off the tarmac, they were greeted by a troupe of folk dance performers and flanked by two rows of teenagers wearing T-shirts bearing photos of Xi.
From Barron's β Sep. 2, 2026
He also honored journalist Hunter S. Thompson and actor Marlon Brando with beaches bearing their names.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 1, 2026
Two seats remain empty for the service, bearing the names of Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby.
From BBC β Aug. 31, 2026
Four horses and a cow bearing down on my home.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
While in the field, we encountered bore holes from bauxite mining exploration.
From Science Daily β Aug. 28, 2026
It was Seoul that bore the brunt of Pyongyang's ire following these summits.
From BBC β Aug. 20, 2026
Ms. Cusk seems similarly trapped, as well, in a novelistic form that appears to bore her but which she is unwilling to disavow.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 18, 2026
Within hours of erupting, the fire bore down on homes around the popular resorts of Siviri and Fourka, which are packed with summer tourists.
From Barron's β Aug. 13, 2026
We watched round-eyed as she bore down upon the dawdling Upstairs Cranstons.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
I wasn’t born in Los Angeles, but it’s the city that raised me.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 3, 2026
"We have been born in a country like this," he said.
From Barron's β Sep. 3, 2026
Men in this generation may also have experienced financial strain differently because they were more likely to have been the primary breadwinners in this cohort born in 1946.
From Science Daily β Sep. 2, 2026
For people born east of the Mississippi, Western art is one of those Potter Stewart things: They know it when they see it.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 1, 2026
And she hadn’t saved my mam the day my little brother, Patch, was born.
From "Nory Ryanβs Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Fortunately, these investors’ worries are not borne out by the data.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 22, 2026
This is borne out by 2022 YouGov research, which found that while about two-thirds of people consider visible tattoos on the face or neck unprofessional, a similar proportion would think other visible tattoos are professional.
From BBC β Aug. 10, 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
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
To go down into the grave, unwashed, unforgiven, was to go down into the pit forever, where terrors awaited him greater than any the earth, for all her age and groaning, had ever borne.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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