bear out
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Mike McPhaden, a senior scientist at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, had a similar estimate, telling AFP: "It's not inconceivable that 2027 may top out at 1.7C above preindustrial levels" if model forecasts bear out.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Security camera footage shows the man using several methods to coax the bear out of the vehicle.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Statistics on their par-saving success bear out their confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
The witches are thus active instruments in the fate that befalls Macbeth, making him somewhat more of a puppet of their otherworldly mischief than a closer reading of the text might bear out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
Through the portcullis there came a sorrowful howling to bear out Sir Grummore’s statement, as it had been thirty couple of hounds baying the moon.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
