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Example Sentences
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They were utterly lethal in the opening minutes, Russell sending them on their way with an early penalty that was borne out of hard and direct rugby that England could not live with.
From BBC
In many cases, the costs are not borne by taxpayers.
From Los Angeles Times
“There’s going to be accountability on things that happened, but one of them is the incredible and immense cost borne by the people of this state. The federal government needs to be responsible.”
From Salon
The latest month was marked by a further drop in employment in manufacturing, an industry that has borne the brunt of trade uncertainty and U.S. tariffs.
Expectations that the tariffs would drive inflation much higher, for instance — an eventuality that might actually have a genuine effect on the economy and therefore on market values — haven’t been borne out.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
