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I’ve been with my partner for 15 years; we’re not married, but plan to be in the next five years, if that bears upon this question.

From Slate Dec. 14, 2021

“Boeing is so big that almost every discussion of strategy, budgets or programs bears upon its interests,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2019

Barr quotes that line and then, in the same sentence, concludes that “the absence of such evidence bears upon the President’s intent with respect to obstruction.”

From Slate Mar. 24, 2019

The weight of this guilt bears upon us like armor, yet is surely not as easy to take off.

From Time Jul. 12, 2012

The second event which bears upon this point is alike creditable to him.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben



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