bearing
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Pereira's worst affected neighborhoods were also its most impoverished, with homeless people, Venezuelan migrants and street vendors in precarious situations bearing the brunt of the impact.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I was aware of bearing an adult burden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In all those incidents, bearing witness galvanized the public.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
The jacket belonged to his late father, whom he remembers hovering over a record player, bearing songs from a more thrilling world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Though he had carried himself with a certain chill and proud bearing, his demeanor had been a shield to hide the profound sadness I had only caught a glimpse of that first night.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Then on Monday he posted a video to Telegram filmed in Paris, saying: "Right now, I need to get my bearings and figure out what to do next. I'll write about my plans later."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Purveyors of bearings, fasteners, pneumatics and other manufacturing staples should see demand outpace their capacity to easily meet it, potentially leading to bottlenecks similar to what investors are seeing with memory chips.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
GM built trucks, tanks, guns, shells, ball bearings, aircraft and ship engines for the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Boston and New York, a newly mature MTT found his bearings, no longer the next Leonard Bernstein but the first and only Michael Tilson Thomas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Notebooks, papers, and pencils had spilled everywhere, and Martina was raising herself slowly to her hands and knees, spluttering and shaking her head as she tried to get her bearings.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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