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These are nice theories, but they are not borne out by the data, as the red columns in the chart show.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

If those numbers are borne out in the real world, most people on GLP-1s may have some kind of undesirable GI effect from them.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Muslim communities in northern Nigeria, where they are the majority population, have largely borne the brunt of attacks by Islamist militants like Boko Haram and heavily armed gangs.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

For weeks, software stocks have borne the impact of investor concern that increasingly capable AI coding tools could help some companies displace behemoths with nimble, vibe-coded alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Somehow each of them had become dear to him, if only because he had borne them so far with so much toil.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien