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  • 21Bear River City, Wyoming — is a ghost town that was briefly a rapidly thrown together railroad town, located about ten miles south of Evanston, Wyoming.The town can trace its origins back to the early 1860s. A businessman from Salt Lake City named Joseph F. Nounnan was… …

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  • 22Bear — (b[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Bore} (b[=o]r) (formerly {Bare} (b[^a]r)); p. p. {Born} (b[^o]rn), {Borne} (b[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bearing}.] [OE. beren, AS. beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. geb[ a]ren, Goth …

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  • 23bear — Ⅰ. bear [1] ► VERB (past bore; past part. borne) 1) carry. 2) have as a quality or visible mark. 3) support (a weight). 4) (bear oneself) behave in a specified manner: she bore herself w …

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  • 24bear — bear1 [ber] vt. BORE, borne (see 3), bearing, bore, born [ME beren < OE beran < IE base * bher , to carry, bring > L ferre, Gr pherein, Sans bharati, (he) bears] 1. a) to hold and take along; carry; transport b) to hold in the m …

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  • 25Bear (comics) — Bear is a popular black and white alternative comic book created by British writer/artist Jamie Smart and published in the United States by Slave Labor Graphics. It follows the adventures of a small stuffed bear named Bear and his… …

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  • 26Bear danger — is a threat to many hikers and campers in the United States who visit national parks that are still relatively untouched by humans and have bears in them. These parks, such as Denali National Park and Preserve, use special camping techniques to… …

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  • 27bear a grudge against — index discriminate (treat differently) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 28Bear-trap dam — (Engin.) A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at the top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in a river. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 29bear someone a grudge — ► bear someone a grudge nurture a feeling of resentment against someone. Main Entry: ↑bear …

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  • 30Bear River massacre — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Bear River caption= partof=the American Civil War (Indian Wars) date=January 29, 1863 place=southeastern Washington Territory (present day Franklin County, Idaho) result=U.S. victory (massacre)… …

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