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bear down on

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bear (down on)
Verb
  • From there, Towanda pressed Tamar about not wanting to film with the group, a question Tamar brushed off, hinting that her sisters already knew the reason why.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In a startling image, a pregnant Perfidia fires off rounds with a machine-gun butt pressed against her swollen belly.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His ability to bounce back after getting shoved into car trunks and having his neck used as an ashtray lends the show’s violence a cartoonish quality.
    Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Stefan grabbed him and shoved him.
    John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Today's market compresses product life cycles down to quarters rather than years.
    Matthew Ross, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In Pina and Martínez Lobato’s typical fleet fashion, the show compresses into its first six minutes the many extraordinary events of 22-year-old Max Varela’s (Pau Simón) life.
    Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Bear (down on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bear%20%28down%20on%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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