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
Morally if not legally, they deserve more grief than whatever the Justice Department manages to bring to bear on them, which won’t be much.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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
Even the lone remaining bear on Wall Street had to hand it to Seagate.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
From a postcard rack near the cash register, he picked out two cards of a polar bear, on which he sent his final messages to Wayne Westerberg and Jan Burres from the university post office.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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