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
"You are strong, Hellinger," she said, "bear up against the door; perhaps you may succeed in breaking the lock."
From The Wish A Novel by Hermann Sudermann
"Tell me so much as you may of them, and I will try to help you to bear up against them."
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
Will you have the strength resolutely to bear up against this most mortifying contrast, to banish the thought of it far from you—or will it embitter—eventually perhaps crush the remainder of your existence?
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
The most robust could only bear up against it a few days.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
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