bear out

Example Sentences

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Statistics on their par-saving success bear out their confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Johnson sympathized with the department’s lack of manpower but said, in a perfect world, wildlife officials would be able to flush the bear out and relocate it somewhere safer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

And it’s possible that this further research, with more women included, will bear out the impressive benefits of rapamycin for fertility.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024

Before his 1994 fall, his success seemed to bear out that hypothesis.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2024

The prosecution talked generalities because the frets just didn’t bear out the guilt of these defendants.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe