bear out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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State budget projections are based on assumptions about the future that often don’t bear out, leaving his choices exposed to criticism that he went too far, didn’t do enough, and everything in between.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
Statistics on their par-saving success bear out their confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Miller said he believed that history would bear out the view that in the annals of Mideast peace efforts, “not a single president’s negotiated agreement was ever topped” by what Carter achieved at Camp David.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025
And it’s possible that this further research, with more women included, will bear out the impressive benefits of rapamycin for fertility.
From Slate • Sep. 18, 2024
Will followed the great bear out onto the dark mountainside.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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