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To bear up under the higher stress, the PDK’s clutches, gearsets and bevel gear have all been reinforced.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

I got in my car, and I could still see the bear up ahead.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2025

One of them is that visitors should "never try to photograph a bear up close".

From BBC Sep. 26, 2023

One study from a group of international economists estimates that high-income countries could bear up to half of the global economic losses arising from global vaccine inequity.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2022

Having lost her courage, in a miserable state of demoralization, Meme had no other recourse but to bear up under it.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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