brunt

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Nearly 3.8 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050 and while tropical countries will bear the brunt cooler regions will also need to adapt, scientists said Monday.

From Barron's

UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that civilians were bearing the brunt of the attacks and called on Russia to stop them, accusing Moscow of having breached the "rules of warfare".

From Barron's

More than a foot of snow could be seen across the mid-Atlantic region, forecasters warned, with Virginia and Maryland likely to bear the brunt as arctic air locks in.

From Barron's

Bearing the brunt of Tuesday’s steep 2% retreat in the S&P 500 was tech, as the Magnificent 7 shed a collective $683 billion in market cap, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

From MarketWatch

The concern is that Big Tech would be an obvious heavyweight that would bear the brunt of this.

From MarketWatch