bringing to bear
Example Sentences
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KBR has toggled cannily between leveraging personal ties to the government and, when necessary, bringing to bear the impersonal might of expensive legal teams.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
The weapons he’s now bringing to bear, including executive orders and the U.S. military, were already well prepared for him.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2018
Furthermore, our more questing artists increasingly assume the role of healers contending with an ailing Earth, collectively sickened psyches and fractured societies, bringing to bear a myriad of unexpected skills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2018
An independent commission could complement a joint congressional inquiry by bringing to bear independent expertise and experience.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2016
That was Baby Lester pulling over the tree on top of himself, necessitating the bringing to bear of all of Uncle Ray's knowledge of forestry to extricate him from the wreckage.
From Of All Things by Robert C. Benchley
