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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bear (down)
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Russia’s attacks over the weekend killed more than two dozen people, including children, as Ukraine urged Western allies to continue pressuring Moscow to end the war.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025 -
Feng added that Lin's parents were allegedly pressuring him to marry a woman and didn't know that Lin was gay and in a romantic relationship with him.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Eventually, they were so thoroughly compressed that nuclear fusion got going—and boom, the very first stars lit up the universe.—
Robin George Andrews,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
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Costello neatly compressed the clichés of political pop.—
Armond White,
National Review,
28 May 2025
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“Bear (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bear%20%28down%29. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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