Bear and Claim

Bear

Bear verb - To have as a requirement.

Usage example: the violence in that country bears watching if the world wants to avoid a serious international conflict

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Claim and bear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Bear".

Nearby Words: bearing, bearish, bearer, bearskin, beared

Claim verb - To have as a requirement.

Usage example: caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time

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Bear and claim are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bear" instead a verb "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

power	bear power	claim power
life	bear life	claim life
responsibility	bear responsibility	claim responsibility
name	bear name	claim name
Other words: right, time, title, child, items, sword, lives.

Three other girls claim they have regular romantic encounters with a vampire and they all bear mysterious vampire-like bite marks on their necks.

Source: Hemo Erotic
Bears Are Bad News: Frankie Boyle's claim that as a child he was scared his entire life was a book being read by a bear, and that one day the bear would close the book and his life would end.

Source: Series / Would I Lie to You?
Tormund did claim to have slept with a she-bear and is called "Husband to Bears".

Source: Fanon / A Song of Ice and Fire

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