1
as in to create
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
in the end, the lawsuit brought distress to everyone, including the plaintiff
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2
as in to convince
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request
nothing will ever bring her to admit she's wrong
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3
as in to cost
to have a price of
the antique will probably bring at least $1000 at auction
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Recent Examples of bring
One of his favorite treats is Oreo cookies, which always bring a smile to his face.
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Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Glossing other people’s words brought a sense of security but wouldn’t help children confront life’s horrors.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Neighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida closed nine restaurants in 2025 and five during the first quarter of 2026, bringing its fleet down to 53 locations, which will be up for grabs in a bankruptcy sale slated for mid-May.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit, brought by Movimento Consumatori, claimed the streaming giant's series of price increases violated the country's Consumer Code.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Apr. 2026
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Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Glossing other people’s words brought a sense of security but wouldn’t help children confront life’s horrors.
—Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Neighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida closed nine restaurants in 2025 and five during the first quarter of 2026, bringing its fleet down to 53 locations, which will be up for grabs in a bankruptcy sale slated for mid-May.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit, brought by Movimento Consumatori, claimed the streaming giant's series of price increases violated the country's Consumer Code.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Apr. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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The avalanche descended approximately 400 vertical feet down a face of Perry’s Peak, creating a debris field about 100 feet wide, the report said.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Diana’s makeup artist convinced her to ditch blue liner in the ‘90s.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
4 Apr. 2026
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Operation Ajax, a joint CIA-British operation, convinced the Shah of Iran, the country’s monarch, to dismiss Mossadegh and drive him from office by force.—
Jeffrey Fields,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2026
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Tickets cost $225 last year, according to the school.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sea drones, produced for around $300,000 apiece, have destroyed warships that cost tens of millions of dollars.—
Holly Williams,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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While firefighters quickly extinguished the flames, the blaze caused significant damage to the store and destroyed merchandise.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Recurring internet blackouts have also compromised communications, and caused even more confusion for families, who have been racing to confirm the fates of those who have disappeared.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Whale lusts after a hunky gardener (Brendan Fraser) and persuades him to pose for a few sketches; Julian, though bisexual, expresses no such interest in Lori, and any art-making turns out to be a gratifyingly mutual endeavor.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Gerhardt Konig hoped Thursday to persuade a Hawaiian jury that hitting his wife repeatedly with a rock was self-defense.—
April 2,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Those planes were demolished to keep them from being captured by the enemy, the officials said, and the commandos flew out on three extra aircraft that were sent in to fetch them.—
Olivia Rinaldi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Imai didn’t even reach the fourth, forcing five relievers to collect the game’s final 19 outs and at least one roster move to fetch a fresh arm from Triple-A Sugar Land.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The errant or confabulated information that AI tools can generate is often referred to as hallucinations.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Trump has suggested for months that the federal government could nationalize the voting process, generating bipartisan pushback.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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That explanation did not satisfy the project’s critics.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Keown added that restaurants are offering multiple types of pizza to satisfy a growing range of customer demands.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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