bear
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The state risk pool was never intended to bear such risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
The longer a financial crisis or bear market stretches on, more autocallables held by the ETF may be at risk of losses should they expire with their maturity barriers still breached.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
In October 2011, Crystal Kelley signed a contract to bear a baby for a couple in Connecticut, where she also lived.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
It says that the hospital and its senior management "bear the principal institutional responsibility for failing to convert known risks, prior warnings and assigned duties into an effective safety system".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
It had been seven days since they’d set out from the Fastwater, and still there was no sign of the bear.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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That list included firearms, cigarettes, outside food and drink, and bears.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
He expects the company to be more stable this fiscal year, which runs through July, as the “sales motion change bears fruit,” he wrote in a Thursday note.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
South Korea banned the breeding and possession of the bears last year, along with the extraction of bile from their gallbladders.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
In her modest office, a poster bears a famous quote from legendary Soviet rock group Kino: "Our hearts demand changes."
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Cubs were always a major attraction, but it was the end of the season and most of the bears were out on the ice already.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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A circle of nine stately wood chairs on a bare stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Also known as grabblers or hand-fishermen, noodlers use their own bare limbs as bait to catch enormous flathead catfish lurking in Southern and Midwestern rivers, creeks, and lakes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The showgirl-inspired costume featured a plumed mohawk headdress and showed Cher's bare midriff - a very new, and very shocking look at the time.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Big cheers to Chelsea Handler for taking up a travel etiquette cause we can probably all agree on: bare feet on planes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Records of a volcano’s history are a bare minimum Rocky Crandell and Don Mullineaux had done an excellent job detailing how Mount St. Helens behaved in previous eruptions.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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“He just beared down and made pitches when he needed to,” manager Dave Roberts said, “versus feeling it with the mechanics or being uncertain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Hurricane Otis interrupted tropical vacations for some visitors and put a stop to a mining convention in Acapulco, Mexico, as the storm beared down on the city early Wednesday.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
“The guys put their mind to it and beared down. Kind of: ‘Enough’s enough,’” Reid said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
Wrestling fans around the world beared witness to some of the most iconic moments in WWE history at Sunday night’s edition of WrestleMania.
From Fox News ● Apr. 8, 2019
After a hesitation, he turned back to Kira and said in a low voice, ‘‘I beared them talking.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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Excavators bearing Egyptian flags worked to remove the debris, while rescuers and volunteers carried out the dead.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
But it suggested bigger risks ahead if the world’s largest chains decided, one day, to stock their shelves with more products bearing their own names that competed directly with P&G brands.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Vera Bradley’s VRA 29.44%increase; green up pointing triangle turnaround is bearing fruit, Chief Executive Ian Bickley said, pointing to the company’s continued sales growth and strong back-to-school season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dame Vera Baird said: "We will be looking at the report with interest to assess whether it has any bearing on our review of the case."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
She had been bearing Bronden's weight for so long.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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Semiconductor stocks bore the brunt of the statements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
I won’t bore you with our dismal record, but being on the team was the most transformative experience of my young adulthood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
While in the field, we encountered bore holes from bauxite mining exploration.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Still, equities struggled as tech firms once again bore the brunt of selling, tracking a retreat in their counterparts on Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
I feel his eyes bore into me, like he’s trying to read my thoughts.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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"When Shirley was born, as I had a friend in America I just thought we'll have Shirley," Kathleen said.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Much more rarely, a person is born without the antigen because of an inherited genetic change.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Gail Ann Myers was born July 23, 1945, in St. Louis, and, after earning a marketing degree from Southern Illinois University, worked as a customer-service supervisor at Ralston Purina in her hometown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In Wells Fargo’s survey, two-thirds of parents of adult Gen Z-ers — the generation born between 1997 and 2012 — said they provide financial support to their children.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Three generations of Samuelses. He’s the only one born with a chance of inheriting land. Mr. Thompson’s going to leave his land to his sons. What’re you going to leave?”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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The U.A.E. has borne the brunt of Iran’s attacks during the war with more than 2,800 drones and missiles sent its way, far more than Iran fired at Israel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Benin's efforts have already borne fruit after it introduced a policy based on building new, modern markets and reorganising large commercial areas.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
While the price that will be borne by these people and their families may be unimaginable, the communities they leave behind in the U.S. are affected as well.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
This means many of the losses incurred in the attacks have been borne by those businesses.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Of Númenor he spoke, its glory and its fall, and the return of the Kings of Men to Middle-earth out of the deeps of the Sea, borne upon the wings of storm.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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