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Offsetting these gains are the continued tariffs, of which consumers could bear up to $100 billion of the cost, Evercore figures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 4, 2026

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

To bear up against nature’s indifference can be invigorating and also corrective.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2021

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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