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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
Andrew Mambo, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
This is what sports has always been about, but the striving to win, the quest for perfection, and the pressure from an outside world that bores in on the best athletes, magnified by the internet and social media microscope, can be overwhelming.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
With the same milky blue water as the Blue Lagoon and a fraction of the crowd, these are the hot springs of your dreams, fed from a bore hole at a scorching 266 degrees before the water cools to between 96 and 104 degrees.
—Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 1 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The real struggle was getting reacquainted with being bored.
—Andrew Mambo, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
This is what sports has always been about, but the striving to win, the quest for perfection, and the pressure from an outside world that bores in on the best athletes, magnified by the internet and social media microscope, can be overwhelming.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
Both were crashing bores because of the literally nauseating behavior of fans and the uncaring attitude of the proprietors.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
With the same milky blue water as the Blue Lagoon and a fraction of the crowd, these are the hot springs of your dreams, fed from a bore hole at a scorching 266 degrees before the water cools to between 96 and 104 degrees.
—Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore
Noun
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When one person in a group yawns, others yawn, too, in a contagious reaction.—
Jerry Weissman,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some of us have been writing about the plight of Palestinians under their own rulers for decades — the struggle of Palestinian journalists to write freely; the tragedy of gay Palestinians seeking to live freely — only to be met with a collective yawn.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Excess moisture drips into the V-shape and is then funneled into a container.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Because when so many Americans are tightening grocery budgets, scaling back meals, and absorbing the daily drip of scarcity, a pass that promises a burger a day doesn’t feel indulgent.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Speaking of stars, has your father done drag since his makeover?—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The sudden heating of the atmosphere when a CME hits thickens the gas around Earth, increasing the drag facing satellites in low Earth orbits.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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