bear
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Det Ch Insp Louise Metcalfe, leading the Essex Police investigation, said the author of the anonymous handwritten letter to officers "seemed reticent of coming forward but couldn't bear the nightmare of knowing what they knew".
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
And there are growing worries that the tech-heavy index could soon find itself in a bear market —a drop of 20%.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Stocks came within a whisker of a new bear market, Treasury yields spiked and the VIX “fear gauge” reached a level not seen since the Covid-19 panic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Producers also bear some of the burden of the gas tax.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
The bear squinted, as if he’d stumbled upon some place he was not meant to be.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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