bears (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of bear (with)
as in stands

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  1. stands
  2. endures
  3. suffers
  4. abides
  5. tolerates
  6. adopts
Verb
  • The Wave’s record stands at 10 wins, five losses and two draws.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
  • Argentina also wore new, dark blue jerseys in a tribute to soccer superstar Diego Maradona whose statue stands outside the venue for Saturday's match in Santiago del Estero, Argentina's oldest city.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Definition of stands
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  • What endures isn’t a single chair, light fixture, or work of art.
    — Oset Babür-Winter, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026
  • At a period when Americans seem to agree on increasingly less, their trust in TIME endures.
    — Sam Jacobs, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of endures
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  • Patience and creative problem-solving decline, and communication suffers.
    — Jennifer Lee, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Everyone—blue-collar moms, college students, CEOs—suffers from the distractions of carrying around the pinging, blinking pocket-size casinos that our phones have become.
    — Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of suffers
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  • Whether Spatial surrounds its reggae-toasting host with piles of drums, disorienting electronic beats, or locomotive rock music, Scratch abides as crooner, barker, mystic, meditation coach — whatever the moment requires.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026
  • This is all good news, and the schedule abides to varying degrees, with the Guardians, White Sox and Astros coming up.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Definition of abides
Verb
  • Imagine what regions could accomplish if that weren't the exception the system tolerates, but the outcome it was designed to produce.
    — Matt Gandal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.
    — Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Definition of tolerates
Verb
  • The movie, which loosely borrows from Pinocchio, tells the story of a family who adopts a robotic boy programmed for love, and that robot's heartbreaking quest to become a real boy.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 July 2026
  • Pittsburg should also implement a moratorium on new data center applications and approvals, including on future phases within Technology Park until the city adopts a data center ordinance with public input, said the coalition.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of adopts
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