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as in to drill
to make a hole or series of holes in
some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard
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as in to weary
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous
the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death
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Recent Examples of bore
Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Dishes like wild halibut with Jimmy Nardello peppers and spaghetti with squash and spinach feel nourishing and comforting, but never boring.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
The long drive back to Yolo County late Saturday evening wasn’t such a bore for the UC Davis football coach, his giddy group of Aggies and suddenly weary and sleep-ready sons.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Something not boring Danny Baker, 76, of Romeo, has lost sleep over his concerns for democracy.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Dishes like wild halibut with Jimmy Nardello peppers and spaghetti with squash and spinach feel nourishing and comforting, but never boring.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
Witnesses described many released hostages as dangerously thin; many Palestinian returnees bore wounds and mobility injuries.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
The long drive back to Yolo County late Saturday evening wasn’t such a bore for the UC Davis football coach, his giddy group of Aggies and suddenly weary and sleep-ready sons.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore
Noun
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Even though the official Survivor 49 pre-merge emoji might be a big fat yawn (or, perhaps a chicken screaming for mercy), there are signs that Probst did not even need to give his pre-challenge pep talk.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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But historically, investors have met them with a collective yawn.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Nikola Jokić is a time-bending honey drip with periscope vision.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Half Past 8, a patch company that launched last week, says that its products sidestep the crash and comedown associated with some pills and gummies by offering a slow drip of wellness.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
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The method can provide aerodynamic drag data more efficiently during the early stages of aircraft design.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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One of my dear friends is Privilege, a drag artist in Brooklyn.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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