bearing fruit

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Saudi Arabia’s efforts to sidestep the standstill at the Strait of Hormuz appear to be bearing fruit.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

With that tactic not bearing fruit, England either lacked a clear alternative or the nerve to switch to it mid-match.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Germany’s government last year agreed to unlock as much as $1 trillion in investments in defense and for infrastructure, a factor that some economists have said is now bearing fruit in improving industrial data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

In long, meandering speeches laced with peasant folklore, Museveni often appeals for more time, likening himself to a farmer leaving a plantation just as it starts bearing fruit.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

It was as if all the pent-up desires of my childless days were now bearing fruit.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya