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as in to push
to force one's way with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors

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verb (2)

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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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“Bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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