bear fruit
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Target TGT 3.11%increase; green up pointing triangle reported its strongest quarterly sales gain in years Wednesday, the first sign that new strategies to attract shoppers are starting to bear fruit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
And both Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be hoping the visit will bear fruit.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
This issue metastasized into something greater for Oracle: The market realized that returns for stockholders could shrink if the OpenAI deal doesn’t fully bear fruit, or if any other part of the business suffers.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 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
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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