bear company

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Mike Feuer sued trucking companies linked to California Cartage, alleging they had misclassified drivers as independent contractors, depriving them of employee benefits and improperly forcing them to bear company costs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2018

I am so weak and faint, I do not see even my nearest relations, and God knows how long it will be before I am able to bear company, much less application.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

Bumpus, however, declared he was that tired he preferred staying in the camp, to keep the bear company.

From The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol by Carter, Herbert

In point of fact, I had lurked at home because I could not bear company.

From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

I suppose the great change of place affects me, but I could not have lived in Town, I could not bear company.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary