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bear up against



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

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021

I rose to leave; my self-control was not strong enough for me to bear up against these repeated attacks.

From One of My Sons by Anna Katharine Green

But how should I pray! or how bear up against my grief?

From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Pierre Bayle

And unable to bear up against the suddenness of the disclosure, Fleur-de-Marie fell fainting in the prince's arms.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Eugène Sue

How could people accustomed to ease and comfort bear up against such hardships?

From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by F. R. Wingate




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