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bear

[bair] / bɛər /






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That’s good news for Micron, although memory-chip makers could be testing the limits of what device makers can bear.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

She also raised the possibility that her own fame may have been behind her mother's disappearance, saying that thought was too much to bear.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

A bear market takes its name from the way a bear attacks, swiping its paws downward, an apt image for falling prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Stocks came within a whisker of a new bear market, Treasury yields spiked and the VIX “fear gauge” reached a level not seen since the Covid-19 panic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The one who caught the demon and trapped it in the bear?

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver