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verb

Definition of bore (down on)next
past tense of bear (down on)
as in weighed (on or upon)
to push steadily against with some force you need to bear down on that cap a bit to get it to latch tightly

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past tense of bear down on
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to indicate the importance of by centering attention on Our manager bore down on the need to meet upcoming deadlines.

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  1. pressed
  2. shoved
  3. compressed
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  • Ossoff last year also pressed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin for canceling public health and environmental grants.
    — Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Kevin also pressed political leaders to take up the cause, arguing that defending female athletics bridges partisan divides.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of pressed
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  • The banquet hall was total chaos, packed with people who shoved their way toward the front, trying to bribe the hostess for a table with red envelopes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Although some Alabama fans reacted to the loss and officiating by throwing water bottles on the field, one spectator came down from his seat and got in the face of and shoved Georgia linebacker Raylen Wilson.
    — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shoved
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  • Brands face a compounding storm of carrier peak surcharges, compressed delivery windows, and intense warehouse capacity constraints.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the team fed the moment-by-moment activity of 332 brain regions into CEBRA, a machine-learning tool that compressed the data down to its essential structure while preserving the order of events.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
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“Bore (down on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore%20%28down%20on%29. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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