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verb (1)

ˈbȯr How to pronounce bore (audio)
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1
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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2
as in to push
to force one's way with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors

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bore

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verb (2)

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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bore

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noun

as in yawn
someone or something boring for once, the graduation speaker wasn't a real bore

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Recent Examples of bore
Verb
The tunnel would be bored through bedrock 60 to 250 feet below the lakebed, running from the south side of the straits to the northern shore. — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Cal’s power donors (justifiably) wanted out of the Justin Wilcox era because steady mediocrity and 20-13 slugfests were boring everyone to tears. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
CFMoto clearly doesn’t like to play by the conventional rules, and its latest offering takes a direct shot at big-bore ADVs at a fraction of the price. — New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026 The bore heading eastbound into Chinatown will close for about seven months, with one lane of traffic open in each direction in the other bore. — Sooji Nam, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore
  1. drill
  2. push
  3. weary
  4. yawn
  5. pierce
  6. squeeze
  7. tire
  8. drip
Verb
  • Here against Hull, Suzuki drilled a low pass into Jackson’s feet.
    — Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Naturally, the privilege of drilling your marketing messages into the skulls of TV’s last great mass audience comes at a price.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of drill
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  • There was skepticism about Vizzina, who threw only 105 passes in his first three years at Clemson and then was pushed by true freshman Tait Reynolds for the starting role in preseason camp.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The August rally pushed sugar futures ahead of the S&P 500 on a year-to-date basis.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of push
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  • But even at its most explicit, in documentaries, political cinema acts as an antidote to the culture’s wearying vogue for escapism.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • But for two hours the film is just set-piece after set-piece, backed by a deafening score, which becomes rather wearying.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 July 2026
Definition of weary
Noun
  • Fresh off a walk-off loss the day before, Dave Roberts was asked about his team’s recent play and couldn’t stifle a yawn.
    — Katie Woo, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Livestream cameras at Alaska’s Katmai National Park recently spotted the distinctive brown bear cub (Ursus arctos) sitting in the grass (and giving a little yawn), according to Popular Science.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of yawn
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  • Roma arrived at the World Trade Center while both towers stood defiantly tall, each pierced by Boeing 767s, bleeding with jet fuel and spewing smoke that promised to eventually bring them down.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Christmas tree pins have a tiered configuration that compresses rather than pierces the ground (a win for modern synthetic or Mondo tracks).
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of pierce
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  • Oil prices, meanwhile, continued to climb as fighting in the Middle East keeps squeezing the global flow of crude.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The price for a barrel of Brent crude went above $109 on Monday morning as fighting in the Middle East keeps squeezing the global flow of oil.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeeze
Verb
  • Shelton’s serve had manacled him just enough; the first set’s effort had tired him just enough.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In other words, an evening session does not just tire you out.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of tire
Noun
  • Moscow’s drip-drip escalation has been palpable for years now, as sabotage incidents become more frequent, and recklessness in the form of stray drones or ballistic missiles cross into and test NATO’s outer defenses.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Remove chicken from marinade, letting excess drip back into bag, and arrange, smoother side up, on rack.
    — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026
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