bore down

The storm bore down on parts of the Caribbean and the Gulf Coast and was associated with at least 36 deaths in Texas, where it flooded highways and knocked out power for more than 2.5 million people.

The family had previously been forced to flee as a wildfire bore down on another mountain town they called home: Paradise.

Melisa Swearingen woke up early on Sunday morning as a tornado bore down on her home in the northwestern corner of Arkansas.

As a rival striker bore down on his team’s goal, Guardiola — crouching on his haunches on the sideline — lost his balance and toppled over onto his back.

The worst of the month’s heat bore down in northern and northeastern North America, eastern Europe, Greenland, eastern Asia, the northwest Middle East, parts of South America and most of Africa, according to Copernicus.