bear down on
Example Sentences
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The Treasury said it had taken "action to bear down on inflation and the cost of living".
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
That question matters more than ever as tariffs, surging energy prices and the threat of artificial intelligence bear down on the broader economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Ministers say that the enormous piece of legislation will target the crimes that communities want prioritised to make their areas feel safer and to bear down on behaviour that has gone unpunished.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025
“Just hold on,“ snipes a young actor with whom she has a run-in, feeling that weight bear down on him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024
The flames that bear down on me have an unnatural height, a uniformity that marks them as humanmade, machine-made, Gamemaker-made.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
