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He creates space for teammates by attracting two or three opponents when bearing down on goal, and he'll usually beat them.

i cannot bear to see a bear bearing down upon a hare . when bare of hair he strips the hare , right there i cry , " forbear ! "

eg. The girl flashed a dazzling smile at the television crew and cameras bearing down on her.

It would be a pattern: Bryant bearing down on players he once idolized .

Laodan detected this young man bearing down menacingly . He seems ready to make trouble.

B: I was petrified to see a huge rhino bearing down on me.

My sister is bearing down in her studies to win a scholarship.

By dawn Lord Guan and his commanders, waving flags and beating drums, were bearing down in large ships.

At this awful, pinched moment of history we look into the future and see a tsunami of want bearing down on us, darkening the sky.

Television footage showed a tsunami wave bearing down on the Japanese coastline near the community of Sendai.

Shaun Wright-Phillips - Terrified at the sight of the snake bearing down on him, he runs off.

But I kept bearing down, trying different things, and eventually I got the hang of it.

The same political pressures from trade hawks in Congress that the Bush officials felt are now bearing down on the Clinton team.

The enemy is bearing down upon us with his enormous war apparatus, and how dare we reduce ours?

Investors have been bearing down on these fees for the past two years.

It was the entire world of physics that had said no, bearing down and saying we want you.

He struggled to his feet when he saw a car was bearing down upon him.

Rows of houses, all bearing down on me I can feel their blue hands touching me.

She is bearing down in her studies to win a scholarship.

eg. The roof support structure had collapsed and the entire weight was bearing down on the ceiling.

A " never give up " stance makes sense if a vicious enemy is bearing down on you with the intent of killing or imprisoning all your people .

Falling house prices are another force bearing down on consumption.

Hurricane Paloma is bearing down on Cuba--Category 4 storm that has farmers rushing to protect crops and livestock .

some foreign enterprises are bearing down on our market.

The ship is bearing down with the land.

Financial pressures are bearing down on them.

perhaps , see the great crowd of people with its rush and roar , bearing down upon them , too.

With the holidays bearing down, it was almost time to reset the clocks. Time was running out.

He saw the locomotive bearing down on him.

He saw the vehicle bearing down on him.

Grunt: Warchief, we've spotted a herd of marauders bearing down on us!

Meteorites don't always announce their arrival, but the one bearing down on Canada on Jan. 18, 2000, was not shy.

But, as yet, neither investors nor managers seem fully to appreciate the change that is bearing down on them.

The angry farmer was bearing down on us.

The tornado warning system gave residents 24 minutes' notice that a twister was bearing down on them.

A powerboat was bearing down on us.

A third of the army is bearing down upon the barricades in which you now are. There is the National Guard in addition.

They work in a black hole, beside live rails with trains bearing down just centimeters off the way.

They raced into the street in time to see the second plane bearing down.

Maybe there's a deadline bearing down on you like a freight train, or an unpaid bill that keeps reappearing in your mailbox.

Elizabeth: Meanwhile, our enemies are bearing down upon us.

The financial crisis is bearing down hard on Europe.

A storm was bearing down upon Iceland.

We are already bearing down to do the work.

Imagine 1, 700 pounds hitting you at that speed, and each cubic yard of water as another 1, 700 pounds bearing down on you.

Have you ever been under that kind of pressure to perform a gig with an impending force of nature bearing down on you?

Rows of houses, all bearing down on me

Economic crisis is bearing down on them