bear scrutiny

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“My character is one that will bear scrutiny and has merited the esteem of my officers,” he wrote in a letter to Allan in 1828.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

Pakistan's Covid statistics also bear scrutiny - a country of 220 million people recorded just 1.5 million cases and 30,000 deaths, a staggeringly low number compared with the devastation in neighbouring India last year.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2022

This is so broad as to be meaningless, and in any case doesn’t bear scrutiny — the sons might be said to have created plenty of chaos on their own, after all.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2018

Terry's assertion that England can "mix it with anyone football-wise" would not bear scrutiny in a court, where the prosecution would recite their 44 years in the wilderness.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2010

I assure you I have not the slightest idea; I think my record as an honest man can well bear scrutiny.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.