She unpacked box after box of vintage action figures, comic books, and model cars—lions and tigers and bears, oh my—until the room was overflowing.

My grandmother always warned me, don't sell the skin till you have caught the bear, whenever I started making plans based on a job interview.

The drone's motor emitted a faint, bearinglike hum that hinted at worn components.

The bearingless motor operated flawlessly during the endurance test, demonstrating the reliability of designs that do not use mechanical bearings.