bear
Example Sentences
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Statistics on their par-saving success bear out their confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Here’s hoping the next long bear market is far off.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
It makes travel easier, helps you learn still more languages, and gives you lessons in humility when, no matter how fluent you are, you realize your French will always bear an Anglo accent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The worst monthly showing for the S&P 500 index in a year — and the worst first-quarter performance since 2022, when a punishing bear market was just getting underway.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
After all, as Renn had said, it was still a bear; once it must have hunted salmon and browsed on berries, and slumbered through the winter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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