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Our publisher, on the other hand, had already borne the cost of paying us, the editors, the photographer, the designer, and everyone else involved in producing our book.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
She said the broadcaster's handling of incidents as they arose was appropriate, and that the review had borne that out.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
“The feeling is very clearly that all fiscal sacrifice should be borne by someone else—the rich, foreigners, immigrants, the Defense Department.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
"The additional cost is borne by the state," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 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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