bear on
Britishverb
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to be relevant to; relate to
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to be burdensome to or afflict
his misdeeds bore heavily on his conscience
Example Sentences
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"His sharp mind and vast knowledge of the world brought to bear on any story with zero fuss," she wrote on X.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Jay Goldberg, a Seaport Research analyst who’s the lone bear on Nvidia’s stock, said the company “is having a harder time moving the needle” lately.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 15, 2026
Yet many Fed watchers are concerned about how this episode will bear on the White House-Fed relationship in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
It focuses on the massive effort to rein in nature and bring the works of humankind to bear on a landscape that is completely indifferent to us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
She asked further, and learned that Iofur had been alone on the ice as a young bear, on his first hunting expedition, and had come across a solitary bear.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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