The word "bear" is correct and usable in written English and can be used as both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it is used to refer to a large mammal with shaggy fur. For example, "The bear was spotted in the forest near the lake." As a verb, it is used to mean to support a weight or to hold up something. For example, "The wall bears the weight of the roof.".
United and determined we can bring our values and interests to bear in the world.
Teachers who obsessively police school uniforms might also do well to bear this in mind.
Damning reports by human rights organisations cataloguing the dire living conditions for many workers tied to their employers by the kafala system and investigations by the Guardian resulted in an international outcry and criticism of Fifa for not doing more to bring pressure to bear.
Thankfully, it never happened to me, but I know people who have been victims of this and who still bear a grudge against the cruel or tactless grown-up in question.
"These are, firstly, the difficulty of identifying clearly the hand of a hostile state government in the subversive destabilising effects they bring to bear in the early stages of such a strategy," he said.
If McGowan does upset the odds and win – she is placed at around $3.50 by Centrebet, down from more than $50 at the start of the campaign – it's unclear how well her values of inclusiveness and consensus will fare in the Canberra bear pit.
Yanis Varoufakis arrived in Downing Street yesterday in black jeans, a mauve open-necked shirt that was not tucked in, and the sort of leather coat Putin might wear on a bear hunt.
Thanks to Ludwig my first paper got accepted! The editor wrote me that my manuscript was well-written
Listya Utami K.
PhD Student in Biology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia