bear up
Example Sentences
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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
"Was it because you had no answers to give to the police that would bear up to scrutiny?"
From BBC • Jun. 16, 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
She noticed that her capacity to bear up under difficulty, to protect her boys, changed her sense of what was possible.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019
“Yes. I’m sure it feels very hard. But you will need to learn to bear up, if you want to be a mother.”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
