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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
Rob Schmitz, NPR, 13 June 2025
Some people assume that longtime married couples are boring, but my husband has never bored me.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
Carl Anka, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Even after just a short preview, the game’s monotony was a bore, which is a cardinal sin.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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To show it off, engineer Jes Clauson-Kaas carefully descends down nine stories of rickety scaffolding along the edge of a massive concrete hole bored into the earth.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 13 June 2025
Some people assume that longtime married couples are boring, but my husband has never bored me.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
Noun
While his curling effort carried some danger, Onana’s goalkeeping bore similarities to mistakes made in a disastrous outing away to Galatasaray last season.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Even after just a short preview, the game’s monotony was a bore, which is a cardinal sin.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore
Noun
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There’s a moment in the episode, where Cooper yawns, which was not in the script, and Doherty comes back with a perfect line.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
11 June 2025
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There are a lot of showy moments, but one of the best comes shortly after the two characters meet when Jamie lets out a yawn.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Use drip irrigation or soaker hoses under the vegetables to irrigate the,m but leave nearby weeds without water.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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Copley’s landscape design includes a dry creek bed, drip irrigation, blue fescue grass, and a variety of colorful plants like orange kangaroo paw, purple salvia, and red autumn sage.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2025
Noun
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In an episode that too often goes as expected, my siding with Alyssa in a drag beef came as the biggest surprise.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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The director Danya Taymor flings the drag cast of non-binary and femme performers into dance breaks, seemingly so that Scott (Esco Jouléy) has an excuse to flash his impressive biceps, yearningly, at Jared.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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“Bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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