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bear

verb as in bring

verb as in support mentally

verb as in endure

verb as in bring forth; give birth

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“The ever-expanding mission of California’s federalized Guard bears no resemblance to what this Court provisionally upheld in June,” the state wrote in the filing.

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A 25-foot inflatable psychedelic bear driving a convertible has been commissioned for the pedestal outside of the Hammer Museum as part of Made in L.A.

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But it was not a predator that had disturbed the quiet of their off-grid holiday: it was a flurry of text messages bearing the news that Dr Ramsdell had won the Nobel Prize for medicine.

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"If you were struck by a ball bearing fired from a catapult, and that struck you in the head, something like that is potentially going to be lethal," he said.

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Party sources say they are sceptical of Labour's plans to bring down the deficit and doubt the OBR's forecasts will bear out in reality.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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