BEARS (WITH) Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

bears (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of bear (with)

as in stands

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The new Ryan Field stands next door to the basketball arena and on the footprint of its eponymous, century-old predecessor.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The team finalized those moves when Orlando also announced its training camp roster, which stands at 20 players, including three two-way players.

— Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of stands

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Exploring the dialogue between Italy’s artisanal heritage and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, the event considers how the handmade endures in an era of rapid innovation.

— Eleonora Giordani, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
Although the lack of reliable official statistics makes this hard to confirm, and although Cuba still endures far less violence than several of its neighbors, fear of robbery and assault has altered many Cubans’ daily routines.

— Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of endures

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While crossing the lake, John suffers a similar delusion and nearly shoots himself in the head, prompted by visions of his father and his younger self.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2026
When government loses its focus on core responsibilities, everything else suffers.

— Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of suffers

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That the Philippines sits on the same side of the date line as the rest of Asia and that Alaska observes the same date as the contiguous US are preferences the current iteration of the IDL still abides to.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
And the Diderot-Baudelaire-Fried tree abides even as the forest burns mutely round it, match lit by Elon Musk and company.

— Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of abides

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Our criminal system deliberately places the burden on the government and tolerates the possibility that guilty people will go free rather than lower the standard required to convict.

— Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The plant tolerates pruning, but keep in mind that flowers will appear on new growth.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of tolerates

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But Eliot also uses free indirect discourse, the technique in which an omniscient narrator adopts the perspective of an individual character, to inhabit Dorothea beyond her surface qualities.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Success won’t be determined by who adopts AI the fastest or deploys post-quantum cryptography first.

— Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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