bear fruit
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Investors have been waiting for the company’s ambitious turnaround under Hill to bear fruit.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
These investments are starting to bear fruit, as the company narrowed its loss and logged slightly higher sales in the fourth quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Another account describes Jacopo of Rosia ordering an unreliable apple tree to bear fruit every year and multiplying cabbages.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
American’s investments in its products, brand and network “should bear fruit in 2026,” analysts at Deutsche Bank said in a note Wednesday.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026
It did not look strong enough to bear fruit, did not look useful at all, like most of the plants here.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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