bear fruit
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Following several years of limited spending, nine players were then recruited by the Friedkin Group last summer, although a focus on youth has yet to bear fruit.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Won notes business relationships can take months or even years to bear fruit, so he relishes the immediate results of an hour on his riding mower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Speaking at a conference in London on 25 June, Reeves urged Burnham to stick to her economic approach, saying it was "beginning to bear fruit", as well as backing his approach to "fiscal devolution".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The effort is beginning to bear fruit: the clusters of tents and shopping carts that once clogged the boulevards of Hollywood and Venice Beach are less numerous.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 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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